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long-breathed, a.|-brɛθt|
[See breathed II.]
Long of breath. lit. and fig.
1568Grafton Chron. I. 132 His knightes were leane, pale, and long brethed, so that they might endure to fight long. a1628F. Grevil Sidney iv. (1652) 49 To negotiate with that long-breathed Nation [the Germans] proves commonly a work in steel, where many stroaks hardly leave any print. 1694F. Bragge Disc. Parables xiii. 433 Whole armies of words, and legions of long-breath'd petitions. 1816,1884[see breathed ppl. a. 6]. 1878O. W. Holmes Motley i. 8 The long-breathed tenacity of purpose, which in after years gave effect to his brilliant mental endowments. |
