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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Outstreatched, Owtstreatch't, p.p. and ppl. a. [e.m.E. outstretched (1535), -stretcht (1603).] Outstretched. —1611-57 Mure Dido & Æneas 236.
With wings owtstreatch't 1640 Fugitive Poetry II. xix. 2/35.
With outstreatched hand
