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membered, a.|ˈmɛmbəd| [f. member n. + -ed1.] Having members (chiefly in parasynthetic combinations, = having members of a specified kind or number); divided into members; † consisting of links or segments.
a1225Ancr. R. 420 Ring, ne broche nabbe ȝe ne gurdel i-membred [MSS. T., C. i-membret], ne glouen. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. v. v. (Tollem. MS.), To þe ye so desposid and perfitly membrid [L. perfecte organizatum]. c1477Caxton Jason 21, I am not grete ne membred as a geant. 1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie iii. xxiii. (Arb.) 268 If..the shape of a membred body [be] without his due measures and simmetry. 1630R. Johnson's Kingd. & Commw. 58 Strong-membred, and blacke haired. 1832Fraser's Mag. VI. 335 It is only assumed that a quantity may be divided into members ad infinitum—it does not follow that it is really membered to infinity. 1854Pereira's Pol. Light 195 The four-membered or two- and one-axed..system. 1878–9J. Caird Philos. Relig. (1880) 108 Instead of the parts being used up for the production of the end, we have a membered totality in the production and maintenance of which the parts have their own natural fulfilment or realisation. b. spec. in Her. Said of a bird, when the legs are of a different tincture from the body. † Also (see quot. 1610).
1572J. Bossewell Armorie ii. 114 b, He beareth Argent, a fesse Gules, betwene three Eaglettes Sable, membred and beaked of the second. 1610J. Guillim Heraldry iii. xvii. (1611) 155 All those that either are whole-footed or haue their feet diuided and yet haue no Talants should be termed membred. 1718Nisbet Ess. Armories, Terms Her., Membred, is said of the Legs of Birds, when they are of a different Tincture from the Body. 1763Brit. Mag. IV. 238 An eagle with two heads displayed, sable, armed and membered, or. 1864Boutell Her. Hist. & Pop. xvii. (ed. 3) 280 Two storks arg., beaked and membered gu. |