praeustus
From LSJ
ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
praeustus: a, um, Part., from praeuro.
Latin > German (Georges)
prae-ūstus, a, um (*praeuro), vorn gebrannt, hasta praeusta, Liv.: sudes praeustae (um sie zu härten), Caes.: übtr., von der Kälte, praeustis nive membris, erfroren, Plin. 3, 134.
Latin > English
praeustus praeusta, praeustum ADJ :: burnt at the end; hardened by burning