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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Stropiate, Stropyat, ppl. adj. [F. as Nek-stropiat ppl. adj.] In fig. use: Maimed, crippled; halting. — 1604-9 Grahame Anat. Hum. 10.
He is an heretick poet, who can ryme extempore, mitolat-lynes, stropyat-verses, with halting-feete 1618 Lithgow Poet. Remains 1.
If I debord in stropiate lines, or then In methode faile, attache my wandring pen
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