Middle English Dictionary Entry
strēking(e ger.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | strēking(e ger.(1) Also streiking(e. |
| Etymology | From strēken v.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Stretching, stretching out; an extending of the body or limbs; ~ oute.
Associated quotations
- a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Wel 225)190/1626 : Discencion & extencion is dilatynge & strekynge & spredynge, rachynge out of a thynge abrad or alange or bath, as whyt ledyr & raw ledyr.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)29 : Beykynge, or streykynge [Win: streykyng]: Protencio, extencio.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)479 : Streykynge [KC: strekyng], or spredynge owute: Extencio, protencio.
- c1484(a1475) Caritate SSecr.(Tak 38)147/27 : If þis febylnes and indygest mater be habundaunt, þer comyth þer-of streykyng owte of þe armys and þe body, and þe bak bowyth.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)21.17 : The strekynge of his body in the tre myght noght haf ben bettere discryued.
- c1500(1446) Morstede Surgery (Hrl 1736)112 : Frome Inwarde cuttynge, as in awicter, the power of the streykynge [Chauliac(2) 35/26: schouing forþ] be loste, for so the membyr may be maymede.