intrenchant
English
Etymology
in- + trenchant
Adjective
intrenchant (comparative more intrenchant, superlative most intrenchant)
- (obsolete) Not to be gashed or marked with furrows.
- As easy mayest thou the intrenchant air (Macbeth 5.8.8-9) / With thy keen sword impress, as make me bleed.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for intrenchant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)