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defringere

defringere [CL] , to break down, crush, smash. b (p. ppl.) worn out, decrepit. Egb. Pont. 96 (v. educare 3); demones, ostium ecclesie ‥ levi negotio ~entes, ‥ catenas diruperunt W. Malm. GR II 204; c1300 IMisc 67/18 (v. devehere); 1346 ponte per gentes ville ‥ defracto [OF inAvesb. 105b: ceaux de la ville ‥ debruserent le pount] (Lit. Confessoris Regis) Ad. Mur. Chr. 213; 1372 (v. collum 3); 1383 molaris in prima molacione defractus fuit per infortunium MinAc 1209/15 r. 8 (2).  b 1364 [for callingS. de W., alderman] falsum latronem et rusticum veterem et defractum Cal. Pl. Mem. Lond. II 15; 1437 in lavendria ‥ viij towaylles de panno lineo, unde iiij debiles et defracti Ac. Obed. Abingd. 110.

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