squalere

squalere [CL] 1 to be scaly, to have a scaly or rough surface; b (fig.). ~eo, waxen reu (Garl. Unus gl.) Teaching Latin II 169; ~eo, G. escherdir (Balsh. Ut.) Ib. II 62. b placuerat ‥ ut illa nocte omni homine vacaret sancti Sepulchri ecclesia, ne aliquis cui ulcerosa ~ebat conscientia Deum magis irritaret ingerendi impudentia W. Malm. GR IV 379. 2 to be covered or encrusted (in dirt, dust, or sim.); b (in fig. context). c (absol.) to be covered or encrusted in dirt or dust, to be dirty or dusty; d (pr. ppl. as adj.); e (transf.). cum ‥ media estate cancrum sol inureret, arva ~erent pulvere ‥ W. Malm. GP I 2; drachmam imaginis mee in te inveni, sed adhuc quadam ~et rubigine, et occultatur species ejus G. Hoyland Serm. 131D; ~et sordibus cutis eorum Id. Ascet. 277B. b jacebant diutina vitiorum sorde ~entes Bede Ezra 884D; Judaeis lepra contumaciae ~entibus Id. Luke 377D; heredem summa egestate ~entem ‥ multis injuriis dehonestari ‥ pertulit Hon. Spec. Eccl. 1045D. c inculta criniculorum caesarie et neglegenter ~ente [gl.: i. sordente, fuliendum] capillatura Aldh. VirgP 17; signum nati Salvatoris datur, infantem non Tyrio exceptum ostro, sed pannis ~entibus involutum Bede Luke 333B; respicit ‥ rebellem Brixium ‥ facie et habitu erumnoso ~entem Gosc. Edith 284; noli temerarius judex curiosius observare quod de foris ~et: pius magis explorator, aspice per fenestras J. Ford Serm. 6. 9. d si fuerit neglectus puteus tuus et situ ~ens, non descendent in illum aque vive G. Hoyland Serm. 195C. e vir boni consilii cera tangit ~entes oculos et ‥ Erkenwaldus sublata umbra lumen reddit oculorum V. Erkenwaldi 402. 3 (of land or sim.) to be arid or barren. b to lie waste (from barrenness, neglect, etc.). pluvia ‥ salubri terram siccitate ~entem irrigare non differat V. Audoeni 813E; ~entibus arvis siccitate, celum dedit pluviam et terra fructum [Jac. v 18] Gosc. Transl. Mild. cap. p. 155; ~ebat mundi facies macie et ariditate Ib. 17. b civitates ‥ desertae dirutaeque hactenus ~ent, cessantibus licet externis bellis, sed non civilibus Gildas EB 26; ~entis [gl.: i. sordidi vel horridi, immundi, horxlices] heremi vastitatem lustraturus Aldh. VirgP 29. 4 (w. ref. to apparent colour or sim.) to be or appear dark or murky. quid agam? / si lateo, latebras manifestat semita squalens; / si moveor, motus segnior esse nequit Neckam Avianus 463; rex [Christus] squalet umbra carceris J. Howd. Cyth. 28. 12. 5 (of dirt, dust, or sim.) to lie as a covering or crust on a surface, (in quot. pr. ppl. as adj.) filthy; b (in fig. context). [metallum] quod per torridi ignis conflatorium, remota ~enti scoriarum rubigine, septuplo expiari perhibetur Aldh. Met. 2; c720 alii obierunt in patrio solo et corpora eorum in terre pulvere ~ente requiescunt iterum resurrectura in die necessitatis (Eangyth) Ep. Bonif. 14; juvenis ‥ qui horrore ~entis lepre obprobium hominum factus ‥ est Mir. Wulfst. I 10. b quasi ~entibus annis exutus, recenti emicaret juventa W. Malm. GR IV 373. 6 (in gl.) to become dirty or ugly. ~es, devenir led Teaching Latin II 24.

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