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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Stroy(e, v. P.t. also stroyid, stroid-. [ME and e.m.E. struȝe(n (c1200), stroye(n (Piers Plowman), stroy (1579); aphetic of Destroy v., Distroy v.] tr. a. To destroy, demolish, lay waste (buildings, land, etc.). b. To crush, annihilate (people). c. To spoil, remove (the appetite).a. 1375 Barb. ix 460.
He levyt nocht about that toun Towr standand, na stane, na wall, That he ne haly gert stroy thaim all c1400 Troy-bk. i 24.
So that thay mytht with staluart hand Repare agayne and stroye the land c1420 Wynt. iii 234.
All thare cornys hale he stroyid [C. distroyit, W. stroyit] c1420 Wynt. viii 7070.
Abbays and mony solempnit place … stroyit, but recoverance, wace c1475 Wall. x 63.
Stroyand the place off purwiance that was thar c1475 Wall. viii 688, etc.b. 1567 G. Ball. 142.
Send vs support … Aganis our fais … That schapis till stroy baith auld and ȝung 1562-92 Wode's Psalter xliiii.
How thow did cast the Genteils out, & stroidst them with strong handc. 1456 Hay II 139/29.
Hate in somer … stroyis the appetite
