v. Obs. Also 7–8 extruct. [f. L. ex(s)truct- ppl. stem of ex(s)truĕre, f. ex- + struĕre to pile up, build.] trans. To build or pile up.
c. 1534. trans. Pol. Verg. Eng. Hist. (Camden), I. 122. In the abbey of Glastonburie was exstructed for Arthur a magnificent sepulchre.
1657. Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., 216. It is expedient that we extruct a Shop for the benevolent Student in the Pharmaceutical Art.
1755. in Johnson.
Hence † Exstructed ppl. a.
1647. H. More, Poems, 161. Those fair extructed loads Of carved stone.
a. 1763. Byrom, Remarks Horace, II. III. xvii. These high extructed spires.
