stript
Americanverb
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So proudly boasting, to submit I scorn'd; “But stript my sea-green robe, my arms oppos'd, “And held my firm-clench'd hands before my breast; “For stout resistance every limb prepar'd, “To meet the fight.
From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.
As you peruse you may find it difficult to believe that Macartney himself—James Adolphus, that remarkable solicitor—could have possessed a quivering, winged soul fit to be stript, and have hidden it so deep.
From Love and Lucy by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
The sad time is come; she is stript of her Wood,
From Village Life in America 1852-1872 Including the period of the American Civil War as told in the diary of a school-girl by Richards, Caroline Cowles
The Apartments are large, but want Ornament, especially since they have been stript of their Furniture.
Ten to one but behind some bush, or under some hedge, we may find the Lady Madam Dulcinea, stript of her enchanted rags, and as fine as a queen.
From The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
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