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▪ I. pruned, ppl. a.1 arch.
(pruːnd, poet. ˈpruːnɪd)
[f. prune v.1 + -ed1.]
Trimmed, as a bird's feathers with the beak; also fig.: see prune v.1
1595Barnfield Sonn. vii, My siluer Swan is swimming: Against the sunne his pruned feathers trimming. 1641G. Sandys Paraphr. Song Sol. v. iv, Black as the newly pruned Crow.
▪ II. pruned, ppl. a.2
[f. prune v.2 + -ed1.]
Trimmed, as a tree or shrub, by cutting off superfluous branches, etc.; cut off, as a superfluous branch; also fig.: see prune v.2
1552Huloet, Pruned and cutte, resex, sectiuus. 1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. iii. Disc. xiv. 11 Peace sheds no blood but of the pruned vine. 1895Westm. Gaz. 11 Sept. 8/2 A persecuted cause, they no doubt reflect, flourishes like a pruned fruit tree. |
