† inweedv.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To hide or shelter in weeds.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > conceal oneself [verb (reflexive)] > in vegetation
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > take refuge or shelter [verb (reflexive)] > in specific place
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a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xi. sig. V5 [The dog] got out of the riuer, & shaking off the water..in—weeded [quoted in J. as inwooded] himselfe so, as the Ladies lost the further marking his sportfulnesse.
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