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Quotation dates: 1818-1831, 1897
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‡WANTHRIVEN, ppl.adj. Also ¶-threvin, ‡-thrie'en; wun- (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. 32); wantriven, -an (I.Sc.). Stunted, ill-grown, in a state of decline, emaciated, weakly (Sc. 1808 Jam., -threvin; Sh. 1914 Angus Gl., Sh. 1973, wantriven; ‡Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B., wanthriven, -thrie'en, Ork. 1929 Marw., -trivan). [wɑn′θrɪvn, I.Sc. -′trɪvn]Sc. 1818 Scott H. Midlothian xx.:
What am I but a poor wasted, wan-thriven tree?Sc. 1831 Fife Herald (8 Sept.):
Mine's nae wanthriven get.s.Sc. 1897 E. Hamilton Outlaws v.:
Poor wan-thriven, lingit-looking things they are.
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