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well-conˈtrived, ppl. a.
1613R. Zouche Dove B 1 b, Like Natures rarest workmanship, the Eye, The well contriued instrument of seeing. 1622[see square n. 20 b]. 1715Leoni Palladio's Archit. (1742) II. 56 The well-contriv'd Stair-case of the Castle of Chambor. 1784Cowper Task iii. 603 Nor taste alone and well-contriv'd display Suffice to give the marshall'd ranks the grace Of their complete effect. 1808Forsyth Beauties Scot. v. 23 A deep large well-contrived ditch secures it from the north. |