dispread
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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The little girl's face, "like peony dispread", seems almost rapacious.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 10, 2011
Laud not long hair, except it be dispread, ii.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Ghayth al-Hátíl = incessant rain of small drops and widely dispread.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
The heat oppressed me more and more, making my forehead perspire and the drops trickled along my cheeks; but I could not wipe my face with my kerchief because it was dispread under me.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
The Kingstonians dispread themselves over the field in their various positions.
From The Dozen from Lakerim by Rupert Hughes
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