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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Retrinching, vbl. n. [Retrinch v. Cf. e.m.E. retrenching (1681).] The action of confining to certain limits, in sense 3 of Retrinch v. —1695 Douglas Corr. 286.
I shall be well pleasd … to tak your adviys in the retrinching our familly from the very stabill to the hall, and both within and withoutt doors, to such a number and such fies as might extremly lessen evry expence
