intrenchant

adj

adj

Etymology From in- + trenchant.

Obsolete Not to be cut or sliced.

As easy mayest thou the intrenchant air With thy keen sword impress, as make me bleed.c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene viii]:

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