(Isa. 3:24), probably a rope, as rendered in the LXX. and Vulgate and Revised Version, or as some prefer interpreting the phrase, "girdle and robe are torn [i.e., are a rent'] by the hand of violence."
·- imp. & ·p.p. of Rend. II. Rent ·noun Pay; reward; share; toll. III. Rent ·vi To <<Rant>>. IV. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·vt To subject to rack-rent, as a farm or tenant. II. Rack-rent ·noun A rent of the full annual val...
·Impf & ·p.p. of To-rend. ...
Tenement called" la Newrente " in Thamysestrete in parish of S. Michael de Candelwikstrete, 1317 (Ct...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
On the south side of the church of St. Mary Aldermary, being lands and tenements so called, devised ...
Rent strained to the utmost value. To lie at rack and manger; to be in great disorder. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose