rivelled

And he hath a simple pace, and small neck and areared, and a blue breast, and a tail full of eyes distinguished and high with wonder fairness, and he hath foulest feet and rivelled.

Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus Robert Steele 1902

The latter clause shows that our great-grandmothers were quite _au fait_ with the nostrums of the present day, with "pargetting, painting, slicking, glazing, and renewing old rivelled faces."

Customs and Fashions in Old New England Alice Morse Earle 1881

"When I see a man," says Addison, "with a sour rivelled face, I cannot forbear pitying his wife; and when I meet with an open ingenuous countenance, I think of the happiness of his friends, his family, and his relations."

Character Samuel Smiles 1858

Though Italy still boast an Inquisition, its power is rivelled as a leaf which the first wind shall scatter.

Zanoni Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

And the winds still blew, and the storm was on the tide, and Margaret came not when, in the gusty month of March, the fishermen of the Humber beheld a single ship, without flag or pennon, and sorely stripped and rivelled by adverse blasts, gallantly struggling towards the shore.

The Last of the Barons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

Humber beheld a single ship, without flag or pennon, and sorely stripped and rivelled by adverse blasts, gallantly struggling towards the shore.

The Last of the Barons — Volume 11 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

If the retainer is not sliced and carved into mincemeat, he comes home to a heap of ashes, and a handful of acres, harried and rivelled into a common; Sir Knight thanks him for his valour, but he does not build up his house; Sir

The Last of the Barons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

If the retainer is not sliced and carved into mincemeat, he comes home to a heap of ashes, and a handful of acres, harried and rivelled into a common; Sir Knight thanks him for his valour, but he does not build up his house; Sir Knight gets a grant from the king, or an heiress for his son, and Hob Yeoman turns gisarme and bill into ploughshares.

The Last of the Barons — Volume 01 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

My lack of knowledge of history is only rivelled by my ridiculously poor math skills so maybe everyone else knew of India's history.

TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

And rivelled [180] cheeks I would have pulled a-pieces.

The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) Christopher Marlowe 1578