distrain to seize (with no reference to rent or
debt):
“distrain the one, distain the other,”
RICHARD III., v. 3. 322
; (
“restrain,”
Cambridge
)
“My father's goods are all distrain'd,”
RICHARD II., ii. 3. 131
;
“Hath here distrain'd the Tower to his use,”
1 HENRY VI., i. 3. 61.
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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