What is to rend; to tear. [Obs.] Neither guile nor force might it [a net] distrain. Spenser called?
distrain — To rend; to tear. [Obs.] Neither guile nor force might it [a net] distrain. Spenser. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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