Meaning of boistrous | Babel Free

Definitions

Adjective. [B2]

Examples

“Accurſt be he that firſt inuented war, / They knew not, ah, they knew not ſimple men, / How thoſe were hit by pelting Cannon ſhot, / Stand⟳ ſtaggering like⟳ a quiuering Aſpen leafe, / Fearing the force⟳ of Boreas boiſtrous blaſts.”

“Haſt thou according to thy oath and band / Brought hither Henry Herford thy bold ſon: / Heere to make⟳ good yͤ boiſtrous late appeale, / Which then our leyſure would not let⟳ vs heare, / Againſt the Duke of Norfolke, Thomas Mowbray?”

“I have⟳ knowne one, whoſe youth had bin very imperious and rough, but when hee came to mans age, although hee live⟳ in as good plight and health as may be, yet he chafeth, he ſcoldeth, he brawleth, he fighteth, he ſweareth, and biteth, as the moſt boiſtrous and tempeſtuous maſter of France, […]”

“We have⟳ tri’d already, & miserably felt what ambition worldly glory & immoderat wealth can do, what the boistrous & contradictional hand of a temporall, earthly, and corporeall Spiritualty can availe to the edifying of Christs holy Church; […]”

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