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betorn
† beˈtorn, ppl. a. Obs. [f. be- 1 + torn.] a. Torn. b. Torn about the sides, tattered.a 1300 Cursor M. 24045 Al his flexs it was be-torn [v.r. bitorn(e]. 1561 Norton & Sackv. Gorboduc iv. i. 47 Whose hart betorne out of his panting brest. 1599 Parismus ii. (1661) 218 Her ornaments all betorn and tat...
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betear
▪ I. † beˈtear, v.1 Obs. [f. be- 6 + tear n.] trans. To suffuse with tears. Hence beˈteared ppl. a.1580 Sidney Arcadia i. 81 When I lift my beteard eyes. 1635 J. Hayward Banish'd Virg. 44 Staring about them with beteared eyes.▪ II. betear, v.2 see the ppl. a. betorn.
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hindward
▪ I. hindward, a. rare. (ˈhaɪndwəd) [A recent formation from hind a. + -ward: cf. foreward. Cf. OE. hinderweard turned backward.] 1. Towards the rear; backward; posterior.1797 Coleridge Sonn. On Ruined House 12 Thro' those brogues, still tatter'd and betorn, His hindward charms gleam an unearthly wh...
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