单词 | dry-founder |
释义 | dry-founderv. transitive. To render (a horse) lame from inflammation in the hoof; = founder v. Chiefly in past participle dry-foundered adj. = foundered adj. ? Obsolete. (In quot. 1655 alluding to the foundering of a ship.) ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > cause injury or disease of horse [verb (transitive)] > disorders of feet or hooves founder1593 gravel1593 dry-founder1619 grease1737 wire1753 1619 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher King & No King v. sig. L1 If he kicke thus ith dog-daies, he will be drie-founderd. 1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 131 Before these ships could be fitted to flote upon the main, they were dry-foundred at land. For the Tax being a burden, every man began to study how to decline the weight. a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) vi. 301 Fearing least..he should dry founder and lose all his horses. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1619 |
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