superstrain

noun, verb — 2 senses

superstrain

noun

UK /ˈs(j)uːpəstɹeɪn/ · US /ˈsuːpəɹstɹeɪn/

Etymology From super- + strain.

1

A strain (of a disease etc.) that comprehends several substrains.

superstrain

verb

US /suːpəɹˈstɹeɪn/

Etymology From super- + strain.

1

Obsolete To overstrain, to strain too much.

In the straining of a string , the further it is strained the less superstraining goeth to a note1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “II. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

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