Word: distrain
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...Song of Solomon, the bride wishes to find her love so that "I may not be left picking lice." In the King James she asks, "Why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?" American audiences sometimes quibble at word choices (felloe, stook, distrain) and find the Englishness of the text disconcerting. For example, St. Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 16: 8, "I shall remain at Ephesus until Whitsuntide...
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