half-strained

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Half-strained \Half"-strained`\ (h[aum]f"str[=a]nd`), a.
   Half-bred; imperfect. [R.] "A half-strained villain."
   --Dryden.
   [1913 Webster]
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