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robbed, ppl. a.|rɒbd|
[f. rob v.]
1. Plundered, despoiled. Also absol.
c1400Rom. Rose 6823, I..Robbe bothe robbed and robbours. c1450Mirour Saluacioun (Roxb.) 18 A Samaritene..heled this robbed man of his woundes. 1604Shakes. Oth. i. iii. 208 The rob'd that smiles, steales something from the Thiefe. 1679Dryden & Lee Œdipus v. i, As a robbed tigress bounding o'er the woods. 1700Dryden Ovid's Met. xii. 342 Bold Amycus, from the robb'd vestry brings The chalices of heaven. 1874Wood Nat. Hist. 621 The cod thus hollowed are technically called ‘robbed’ fish. 1894M. Dyan Man's Keeping (1899) 164 The sadness of the eyes with the look of robbed motherhood they often wore.
2. Carried off; taken away.
1590Spenser F.Q. ii. viii. 40 A Lyon, which hath long time saught His robbed whelpes. 1870Standard 5 Dec., They are all the more savage by reason of robbed repose.
Add:[1.] b. Archæol. Freq. robbed-out. From which stones, etc. have been removed for use elsewhere. Cf. *rob v. 3 a.
1977Rescue News No. 13. 2/3 This site was chosen because of its proximity to the Roman theatre, the largest yet known in Britain, and, as expected, the robbed out corner was found. 1979Country Life 6 Dec. 2143/2 An outer and inner courtyard which are marked by traces of robbed walls. 1982Rescue News No. 26. 6 (caption) In the foreground is the robbed-out apse. |