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narrowed, ppl. a.|ˈnærəʊd|
[f. narrow v.]
Contracted, lessened in breadth (lit. and fig.).
1599Daniel Let. Octavia Wks. 1717 I. 75 Yet oft our narrow'd Thoughts look more direct Than your loose Wisdoms. 1611Bible 1 Kings vi. 6 In the wall of the house hee made narrowed rests round about. 1798Atwood in Phil. Trans. LXXXVIII. 204 It would be giving that term too narrowed a meaning. 1805–17R. Jameson Char. Min. (ed. 3) 199 Narrowed heavy-spar..is an oblique four-sided table. 1887Meredith Ballads & P. 84 With a narrowed eye he peered. |
