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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.
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. 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. Half-strained
Half-strained Half"-strained`, a.
Half-bred; imperfect. [R.] ``A half-strained villain.'
--Dryden.
Redistrainer
Redistrainer Re`dis*train"er (-tr?n"?r), n.
One who distrains again.
RestrainedRestrain Re*strain", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Restrained; p. pr.
& vb. n. Restraining.] [OE. restreinen, F. restreindre, fr.
L. restringere, restrictum; pref. re- re- + stringere to
draw, bind, or press together. See Strain, v. t., and cf.
Restrict.]
1. To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding,
or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any
interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep
down; to curb.
Restrain in me the cursed thoughts that nature Gives
way to in repose! --Shak.
2. To draw back toghtly, as a rein. [Obs.] --Shak.
3. To hinder from unlimited enjoiment; to abridge.
Though they two were committed, at least restrained
of their liberty. --Clarendon.
4. To limit; to confine; to restrict. --Trench.
Not only a metaphysical or natural, but a moral,
universality also is to be restrained by a part of
the predicate. --I. Watts.
5. To withhold; to forbear.
Thou restrained prayer before God. --Job. xv. 4.
Syn: To check; hinder; stop; withhold; repress; curb;
suppress; coerce; restrict; limit; confine. Restrainedly
Restrainedly Re*strain"ed*ly, adv.
With restraint. --Hammond.
Restrainer
Restrainer Re*strain"er, n.
One who, or that which, restrains.
Strained
Strained Strained, a.
1. Subjected to great or excessive tension; wrenched;
weakened; as, strained relations between old friends.
2. Done or produced with straining or excessive effort; as,
his wit was strained.
Strainer
Strainer Strain"er, n.
1. One who strains.
2. That through which any liquid is passed for purification
or to separate it from solid matter; anything, as a screen
or a cloth, used to strain a liquid; a device of the
character of a sieve or of a filter; specifically, an
openwork or perforated screen, as for the end of the
suction pipe of a pump, to prevent large solid bodies from
entering with a liquid.
Unstrained
Unstrained Un*strained", a. [Pref. un- not + strain.]
1. Not strained; not cleared or purified by straining; as,
unstrained oil or milk.
2. Not forced; easy; natural; as, a unstrained deduction or
inference. --Hakewill.
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