What is he with her press'd, she faint with dearth. Shak. Dearth of plot, and narrowness of imagination. Dryden called?
dearth — He with her press'd, she faint with dearth. Shak. Dearth of plot, and narrowness of imagination. Dryden. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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