ruin (n.) Old form(s): ruine
[metaphor for] destitute, case of hardship
MV II.ix.48[Arragon to himself] how much honour / Picked from the chaff and ruin of the times / To be new varnished
TNK I.ii.13[Palamon to Arcite] What strange ruins ... may we perceive / Walking in Thebes?
TNK I.ii.27[Arcite to Palamon] Meet you no ruin but the soldier
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