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well-trimmed, ppl. a.
(In various senses of trim v.)
1667Dryden & Dk. Newcastle Sir M. Mar-all iii. (1668) 26 A Woman's in a sad condition, that has nothing to trust to, but a Perriwig above, and a well-trim'd shoe below. 1728Gardiner tr. Rapin Of Gardens ii. (ed. 3) 90 When with a low and well-trim'd Head They [sc. cypresses] circling round adorn some flow'ry Mead. 1825Scott Talism. xxiii, The mass of hair (now limited to a well-trimmed beard). 1840Dickens Old C. Shop ix, A well-trimmed lamp. 1842― Amer. Notes v, The well-trimmed lawns and green meadows of home are not there. 1856Kane Arctic Expl. I. xxx. 412 His coil of walrus-hide, a well-trimmed line of many fathoms' length. |