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Addle-brained
Addle-brained Ad"dle-brained`, Addle-headed Ad"dle-head`ed,
Addle-pated Ad"dle-pa`ted, a.
Dull-witted; stupid. ``The addle-brained Oberstein.'
--Motley.
Dull and addle-pated. --Dryden.
BerainedBerain Be*rain, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Berained; p. pr. & vb.
n. Beraining.]
To rain upon; to wet with rain. [Obs.] --Chaucer. BrainedBrain Brain, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brained; p. pr. & vb. n.
Braining.]
1. To dash out the brains of; to kill by beating out the
brains. Hence, Fig.: To destroy; to put an end to; to
defeat.
There thou mayst brain him. --Shak.
It was the swift celerity of the death . . . That
brained my purpose. --Shak.
2. To conceive; to understand. [Obs.]
?T is still a dream, or else such stuff as madmen
Tongue, and brain not. --Shak. Claude Lorraine glass
Claude Lorraine glass Claude" Lor*raine" glass` [Its name is
supposed to be derived from the similarity of the effects it
gives to those of a picture by Claude Lorrain (often written
Lorraine).]
A slightly convex mirror, commonly of black glass, used as a
toy for viewing the reflected landscape.
Clay-brained
Clay-brained Clay"-brained`, a.
Stupid. [Obs.] --Shak.
Coarse-grained
Coarse-grained Coarse"-grained`, a.
Having a coarse grain or texture, as wood; hence, wanting in
refinement.
Cock-brained
Cock-brained Cock"-brained`, a.
Giddy; rash. --Milton.
Constrained
Constrained Con*strained", a.
Marked by constraint; not free; not voluntary; embarrassed;
as, a constrained manner; a constrained tone.
ConstrainedConstrain Con*strain", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Constrained; p.
pr. & vb. n. Constraining.] [OF. constraindre, F.
contrainde, L. constringere; con- + stringere to draw tight.
See Strain, and. cf. Constrict, Constringe.]
1. To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold
tightly; to constringe.
He binds in chains The drowsy prophet, and his limbs
constrains. --Dryden.
When winter frosts constrain the fields with cold.
--Dryden.
2. To bring into a narrow compass; to compress.
How the strait stays the slender waist constrain.
--Gay.
3. To hold back by force; to restrain; to repress.
My sire in caves constrains the winds. --Dryden.
4. To compel; to force; to necessitate; to oblige.
The love of Christ constraineth us. --2. Cor. v.
14.
I was constrained to appeal unto C[ae]sar. --Acts
xxviii. 19.
5. To violate; to ravish. [Obs.] --Shak.
6. To produce in such a manner as to give an unnatural
effect; as, a constrained voice.
Syn: To compel; force; drive; impel; urge; press. Constrainedly
Constrainedly Con*strain"ed*ly, adv.
By constraint or compulsion; in a constrained manner.
--Hooker.
Constrainer
Constrainer Con*strain"er, n.
One who constrains.
Crack-brained
Crack-brained Crack"-brained` (-br[=a]nd`), a.
Having an impaired intellect; whimsical; crazy. --Pope.
Crossgrained
Crossgrained Cross"grained (-gr?nd`), a.
1. Having the grain or fibers run diagonally, or more or less
transversely an irregularly, so as to interfere with
splitting or planing.
If the stuff proves crossgrained, . . . then you
must turn your stuff to plane it the contrary way.
--Moxon.
2. Perverse; untractable; contrary.
She was none of your crossgrained, termagant,
scolding jades. --Arbuthnot.
DistrainedDistrain Dis*train", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distrained; p. pr.
& vb. n. Distraining.] [OE. destreinen to force, OF.
destreindre to press, oppress, force, fr. L. distringere,
districtum, to draw asunder, hinder, molest, LL., to punish
severely; di- = stringere to draw tight, press together. See
Strain, and cf. Distress, District, Distraint.]
1. To press heavily upon; to bear down upon with violence;
hence, to constrain or compel; to bind; to distress,
torment, or afflict. [Obs.] ``Distrained with chains.'
--Chaucer.
2. To rend; to tear. [Obs.]
Neither guile nor force might it [a net] distrain.
--Spenser.
3. (Law)
(a) To seize, as a pledge or indemnification; to take
possession of as security for nonpayment of rent, the
reparation of an injury done, etc.; to take by
distress; as, to distrain goods for rent, or of an
amercement.
(b) To subject to distress; to coerce; as, to distrain a
person by his goods and chattels. DistrainerDistrainer Dis*train"er, n.
Same as Distrainor. Draine
Draine Draine, n. [F.] (Zo["o]l.)
The missel thrush.
DrainedDrain Drain, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drained; p. pr. & vb. n.
Draining.] [AS. drehnigean to drain, strain; perh. akin to
E. draw.]
1. To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or
off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of.
Fountains drain the water from the ground adjacent.
--Bacon.
But it was not alone that the he drained their
treasure and hampered their industry. --Motley.
2. To exhaust of liquid contents by drawing them off; to make
gradually dry or empty; to remove surface water, as from
streets, by gutters, etc.; to deprive of moisture; hence,
to exhaust; to empty of wealth, resources, or the like;
as, to drain a country of its specie.
Sinking waters, the firm land to drain, Filled the
capacious deep and formed the main. --Roscommon.
3. To filter.
Salt water, drained through twenty vessels of earth,
hath become fresh. --Bacon. Drainer
Drainer Drain"er, n.
One who, or that which, drains.
Dull-brained
Dull-brained Dull"-brained`, a.
Stupid; doltish. --Shak.
EngrainedEngrain En*grain", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engrained; p. pr. &
vb. n. Engraining.] [Pref. en- + grain. Cf. Ingrain.]
1. To dye in grain, or of a fast color. See Ingrain.
Leaves engrained in lusty green. --Spenser.
2. To incorporate with the grain or texture of anything; to
infuse deeply. See Ingrain.
The stain hath become engrained by time. --Sir W.
Scott.
3. To color in imitation of the grain of wood; to grain. See
Grain, v. t., 1. Fat-brained
Fat-brained Fat"-brained`, a.
Dull of apprehension.
Feather-brained
Feather-brained Feath"er-brained/, a.
Giddy; frivolous; feather-headed. [Colloq.]
Gnat strainerGnat Gnat, n. [AS. gn[ae]t.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A blood-sucking dipterous fly, of the genus
Culex, undergoing a metamorphosis in water. The females
have a proboscis armed with needlelike organs for
penetrating the skin of animals. These are wanting in the
males. In America they are generally called mosquitoes.
See Mosquito.
2. Any fly resembling a Culex in form or habits; esp., in
America, a small biting fly of the genus Simulium and
allies, as the buffalo gnat, the black fly, etc.
Gnat catcher (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of small
American singing birds, of the genus Polioptila, allied
to the kinglets.
Gnat flower, the bee flower.
Gnat hawk (Zo["o]l.), the European goatsucker; -- called
also gnat owl.
Gnat snapper (Zo["o]l.), a bird that catches gnats.
Gnat strainer, a person ostentatiously punctilious about
trifles. Cf. --Matt. xxiii. 24. GrainedGrain Grain, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grained; p. pr. & vb. n.
Graining.]
1. To paint in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.
2. To form (powder, sugar, etc.) into grains.
3. To take the hair off (skins); to soften and raise the
grain of (leather, etc.). Grained
Grained Grained, a.
1. Having a grain; divided into small particles or grains;
showing the grain; hence, rough.
2. Dyed in grain; ingrained.
Persons lightly dipped, not grained, in generous
honesty, are but pale in goodness. --Sir T.
Browne.
3. Painted or stained in imitation of the grain of wood,
marble, etc.
4. (Bot.) Having tubercles or grainlike processes, as the
petals or sepals of some flowers.
HairbrainedHairbrained Hair"brained`, a.
See Harebrained. Half-strained
Half-strained Half"-strained`, a.
Half-bred; imperfect. [R.] ``A half-strained villain.'
--Dryden.
Hot-brained
Hot-brained Hot"-brained`, a.
Ardent in temper; violent; rash; impetuous; as, hot-brained
youth. --Dryden.
IngrainedIngrain In"grain`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ingrained; p. pr. &
vb. n. Ingraining.] [Written also engrain.]
1. To dye with or in grain or kermes.
2. To dye in the grain, or before manufacture.
3. To work into the natural texture or into the mental or
moral constitution of; to stain; to saturate; to imbue; to
infix deeply.
Our fields ingrained with blood. --Daniel.
Cruelty and jealousy seem to be ingrained in a man
who has these vices at all. --Helps. Madbrained
Madbrained Mad"brained`, a.
Disordered in mind; hot-headed. --Shak.
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