What is to make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly. The ox hath therefore stretched his yoke in vain. Shak called?
stretch — To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly. The ox hath therefore stretched his yoke in vain. Shak. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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