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well-breathed, a.|-briːðd, -brɛθt|
[well adv. 32 + breathed 1 and 6.]
Sound or strong of wind; exercised so as to be in good wind; not out of breath.
1470–85Malory Arthur xviii. xviii. 758 He is a noble knyghte, and a myghty man, and wel brethed. 1475Bk. Noblesse (Roxb.) 76 To make hem hardie, deliver, and wele brethed. 1592Shakes. Ven. & Ad. 678 And on thy well⁓breathed horse keep with thy hounds. 1598Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iii. iii. Law 182 A well-breath'd Body, nimble, sound, and strong. 1673Dryden Marr. à la Mode iv. i. 54, I, take heat after heat, like a well-breath'd Courser. 1720Pope Iliad xxii. 244 As through the forest..The well⁓breath'd beagle drives the flying fawn. 1828–43Tytler Hist. Scot. (1864) I. 120 Bruce..saw, too, that his own infantry were still fresh and well-breathed. 1849J. Forbes Physician's Holiday ii. (1850) 13 The experienced, well⁓breathed, and robust traveller.
b. said of a speaker or reciter.
1647N. Ward Simple Cobler (1843) 16 It is a most toylsome taske to run..after a well-breath'd Opinionist. 1681Dryden Abs. & Achit. i. 631 To speak the rest, who better are forgot, Would tire a well-breath'd Witness of the Plot. 1831Scott Cast. Dang. ix, A less matter would hold a well⁓breathed minstrel in subject for recitation for a calendar month. |