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distrain | trackback |

As a verb distrain

is to squeeze, press, embrace; to constrain, oppress.

As a proper noun TrackBack is

a protocol for a system that allows a blogger to see who has seen the original post and has written another entry concerning it.

As a noun trackback is

a method to keep track of links to content, especially blog entries.

distrain

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (label) To squeeze, press, embrace; to constrain, oppress.
  • *, VII:
  • *:But when he heard her answeres loth, he knew / Some secret sorrow did her heart distraine .
  • * 1600 , (Edward Fairfax), The (Jerusalem Delivered) of (w), XII, xii:
  • *:Thus spake the Prince, and gently 'gan distrain / Now him, now her, between his friendly arms.
  • To force (someone) to do something by seizing their property.
  • To seize somebody's property in place of, or to force, payment of a debt.
  • :
  • (label) To pull off, tear apart.
  • *, II.xii:
  • *:For that same net so cunningly was wound, / That neither guile, nor force might it distraine .

    • Synonyms

    * distress

    Derived terms

    * distrainable * distrainee * distrainer * distrainment * distrainor * distraint

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    trackback

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (software, Internet, blogging) A protocol for a system that allows a blogger to see who has seen the original post and has written another entry concerning it.

    • See also

    * (wikipedia "TrackBack")

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