Also extendor. [f. EXTEND + -ER1 In sense 3 a. AF. estendour, f. estendre to EXTEND.] One who, or that which, extends, in senses of the vb.

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  1.  gen.

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1611.  Cotgr., Extenseur, an extender … stretcher out at length.

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1612.  Woodall, Surg. Mate, Wks. (1653), 154. The extenders raising their hands too high, or putting them down too low, [etc.].

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1676.  Wiseman, Chirurg. Treat., VII. i. 467. The Extension made, the Extenders are to be loosened gently.

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a. 1677.  Barrow, Pope’s Suprem., v. (1687), 176. The extenders of Empire are admired and commended.

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1706.  A. Bedford, Temple Mus., viii. 158. Pashta signifies an Extender of the Voice.

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  † 2.  Of a muscle; = EXTENSOR. Obs.

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1615.  Crooke, Body of Man, 782. The fourth muscle or the second extender called also the short muscle,… occupieth the outward part of the back-side of the arme.

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1666.  J. Smith, Old Age (ed. 2), 65. Their origination may be … from the back … outwardly as the first extendor.

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1771.  J. S., Le Dran’s Obser. Surg., Gloss., Crureus Musculus, an Extender of the Tibia.

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  † 3.  A surveyor or valuer; esp. in Law, one who values land, etc., under a writ of extent. Obs.

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[1292.  Britton, III. vii. § 6. Et cele estente … soit enroullé et enselé desuth les seaus des estendours jurez. transl. This extent … shall be enrolled and sealed under the seals of the sworn extendors.]

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c. 1330.  R. Brunne, Chron. (1810), 83. In his auhtend ȝere … Extendours he [William] sette forto extend þe land.

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15[?].  Skelton’s Wks., Vox Populi, 366. Framyng fynes for fermes … Withe inclosyers and extenders.

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