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stroy (third-person singular simple present stroys, present participle stroying, simple past and past participle stroyed)
- (obsolete) To destroy.
c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :How I convey my shame out of thine eyes
By looking back what I have left behind
Stroy'd in dishonour
1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: Robert Triphook, , and William Sancho, , 1810, →OCLC:Dig garden, stroy mallow,
Set willow and sallow
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