† groundenadj.
Obsolete.
1. Of weapons: Sharpened by grinding.
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the world > space > shape > sharpness of edge or point > [adjective] > sharpened
sharped1340
groundena1400
whetted1563
grounded1566
well-sharpened1567
sharpened1594
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 21437 Scarp grunden knijf in hand he bar.
c1400 Rowland & O. 57 A Saraȝene..With grymly grownden gare.
c1400 Melayne 1554 Full grym strokes he ouer þam satt, With growndyn speris and grym.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ii. l. 64 The grounden suerd throuch-out his cost it schar.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. iv. 41 His grundin dartis clattering by his syde.
1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes f. 258v/2 You feare vs not with sharpe grounden swoordes and daggers.
a1650 Death Robin Hood 75 in Furnivall Percy Folio I. 55 Red Roger with a grounding glave thrust him through the milke white side.
2. Of substances: Ground, brayed, crushed.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > grinding or pounding > [adjective] > ground
poundedOE
bruiseda1382
brayed1382
groundenc1386
ystampeda1425
ybraidc1430
brayded1561
stamped1600
grinded1613
contrited1640
well grinded1651
beaten1666
comminuted1725
contunding1739
ground1765
beat1793
kibbled1826
machine-ground1862
ground-up1897
mortarized1929
micronized1940
c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. & Tale 222 Our Orpyment and sublymed Mercurie, Oure grounden litarge, [etc.].
a1400 Metr. Hom. (Vernon MS.) in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen 57 308 Summe smered hire Mouþ withoute with grounden Mustard.
c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 1123 Grounden shellis dight With flour of lym.
c1430 Two Cookery-bks. 38 Take groundyn Porke, & knede it with Spicerye.
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