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1 jugulare [CL] 1 to kill, slaughter: a (by cutting the throat or stabbing); b (by strangling); c (unspec.). a ego econtra stans subito ~avi [AS: ofstikode] eum [sc. aprum] Ælf. Coll. 93; invadunt itaque universum ovile Christi cruentissime bestie, sagittant, ~ant, transfigunt omnesque pariter nuptos et innuptos Gosc. Transl. Mild. 5 p. 161; cum ferro ‥ ~atus fuisset Gir. IK I 4 p. 52; †ingulandi [l. jugulandi] regis [sc. Christi] os siluit J. Howd. Ph. 510.  b ~o, estrangler Garl. Unus gl. 164; 1307 majorem nostrum cum capucio suo fere ~avit Pat 128 m. 34d.; 1496 quamdam cordulam ‥ circa collum Willelmi Bawderik ligaverunt et Willelmum adtunc et ibidem jocaleverunt felonice interfecerunt et murderaverunt AncIndict 410 m. 82.  c repellunt barbari ad mare, repellit mare ad barbaros; inter haec duo genera funerum aut ~amur aut mergimur Gildas EB 20; pueros senes cum junioribus in plateis civitatis obviam factos ~at Abbo Edm. 5; [Scironem] Theseus vel adorantem vel pedes lavantem suo ~avit gladio Natura Deorum 113; non cecidit David pro quo Saul hos jugulavit [Vers. Peterb. Psalter 46: †ingulavit] Vers. Cant. 2 p. 14. 2 to pierce. quippe meam gracilis faciem jugulaverat hospes Tatwine Aen. 13 (Acu pictilis) 4; notas quasdam apposuit ‥ ad significandam que erant confodienda et ~anda, et que ad evidentiorem intelligentiam apposita R. Melun Sent. 190. 3 (fig.) to destroy, put an end to, dispatch; b (chess piece); c (abstr.). ut ‥ Angliam ‥ ~aret G. Hen. V 19 (v. gladius 1b).  b rochus rochum interimit, se sequentem jugulans Vers. Wint. 515.  c ingratitudinem aliorum innata benignitate ~ans W. Dan. Ailred 2 p. 5; Judas ‥ jura jugulat Walt. Wimb. Sim. 12 (v. 2 excidere 5b).
2 jugulare [cf. CL jugum] , to put a yoke upon. 1523 omnes inhabitantes in Wymbuldon anulabunt et ~abunt porcos suos citra festum S. Martini CourtR Wimbledon 78.

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