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shroudy en · ADJ

Etymology

From shroud + -y.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of a shroud.
   • […] a shroudy mist, which gradually assumed an angel form, and revealed the features of my precious sister. 1864, Arthur's Illustrated Home Magazine, volumes 23-24, page 102:
2. (obsolete, rare) Affording shelter.
   • If your stray attendance be yet lodg'd Within these shroudie limits. 1634 October 9 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, […], published 1637, →OCLC; reprinted as Comus: […] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, →OCLC:
   • As when, within a shroudy pumice-rock / Ensconced, a shepherd hath [a swarm of] bees / Traced out, and filled it up with pungent smoke; […] 1871, Virgil in English Rhythm, page 322:
   • Hence a shroudy tree is one with plenty of branches, affording shroud, or shelter. 1881, Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, page 94:

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