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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Rent, ppl. adj. [Rend v.] Rent.

1. a. Of cloth or of a garment: Torn. b. Of (a part of) a human body: Lacerated.a. ?1438 Alex. ii 9495.
Of coit armouris … Reuin and rent and euill dicht 1460 Hay Alex. (S.T.S.) 999.
Throw his rent weid men saw his fair lykame c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 278.
Rude is thy wede, disteynit, bare, and rent 1519 Reg. Episc. Aberd. II 176.
viij ald brovdin cussenis all rent and riffin 1528 Lynd. Dreme 921.
A … berne … Quhose rayment wes all raggit rewin & rent 1640 Elgin Rec. I 266.
The skynneris old pinsell sumquhat hollit and rentb. 1460 Hay Alex. (S.T.S.) 3696.
Almoist all was woundit in the cors, Thare harnes rent, and bledand wounder fast 1513 Doug. vi viii 38.
Syne Deiphobus, … with body tor and rent, Thar he behald 1535 Stewart 2866.
Bayth heid and hals … War revin and rent and schorne all in schunder

2. Of persons, in collocation with raggit, revin(e, riffen or ruggit: a. Dressed in rags; wearing tattered or torn clothing. b. Damaged as a result of maltreatment or rough handling; ‘in a bad way.’ c. Either (or ? both) of a and b above. d. fig.a. 1375 Barb. ii 513.
Thws in the hyllis levyt he Till the maist part off his menȝe Wes rewyn and rentb. a1400 Leg. S. xlvi 186.
Fra that place than vald he ga, Raggit & rent & blak alswa ?1438 Alex. ii 9033.
Thay war sa countred and dicht Sa reuin sa rent into the fecht 1528 Lynd. Dreme 945.
That garris me go so raggit rewin and rent 1572 Sat. P. xxxii 67.
We commounis all, … That had sic peice, sic rest, and vnitie And now allace! ar rugit, reuin, and rentc. 1540 Lynd. Sat. 3476.
The Son of God … Riven rent and sair wondit … on the Mont Calvaryd. 1619 Sel. Biog. I 77.
He fand Stirling rent and divided by the fearful discord of the merchands and craftsmen