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an-ˈend, phr. arch.
[see an prep., and end.]
†1. At last, in the end, in fine. Obs.
c1320Cast. Loue 1224 And hou he hit ouer-com an ende.
2. To the end, right through; straight on, constantly; continuously, consecutively. arch.
c1420Pallad. on Husb. iv. 138 Hele hem light: eke weede hem ofte anende. 1591Shakes. Two Gent. iv. iv. 66 A slaue, that still an end, turnes me to shame. 1624Quarles Job Milit. (1717) 181 Some lag, whilst others gallop on before; All go an-end, some faster, and some slower. 1748Richardson Clarissa VII. 220 [He] would ride an hundred miles an end to enjoy it. 1785Mrs. Thrale in Johnsoniana (1845) I. 75 He would follow the hounds fifty miles an end.
†3. most an end: almost uninterruptedly, almost always, mostly, for the most part. Obs.
1570–87Holinshed Scot. Chron. (1806) II. 257 An armie..which lay must an end at Douglasse. 1658J. R. Mouffet's Theat. Ins. 1074 In Europe they are most an end black ones. 1678Bunyan Pilgr. ii. 115 Knew him! I was a great Companion of his, I was with him most an end. 1691Clandest. Marr. in Harl. Misc. I. 372 But, most an end, they are not ministers of parishes, but indigent curates.
4. On end, in an upright position. arch.
1593Shakes. 2 Hen. VI, iii. ii. 318 Mine haire be fixt an end, as one distract. 1703Moxon Mech. Exerc. 149 The whole number of Boards are set an end. 1817Coleridge Zapolya iv. i, His steed, which proudly rears an-end. c1850Rudim. Nav. (Weale) 92 The topmasts are said to be an-end when they are hoisted up to their usual stations.
5. In the direction of the length; directly ahead. Chiefly Naut.
1601Deacon & Walker Spirits & Diuels 68 You must not be haled hedlong an end with an inueterate opinion. 1769Falconer Dict. Marine (1789), Avoir vent de bout, to have the wind right an-end, or a-head. 1801Adml. Hyde Parker Let. 15 Apr. in Ann. Reg. 1801 (1802) Chron. 82/1 They were riding with two cables an end. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. s.v., To strike a spar or plank an-end is to drive it in the direction of its length. Ibid., Every rope an end, the order to coil down the running rigging, or braces or bowlines, after tacking, or other evolution. Also, the order, when about to perform an evolution, to see that every rope is clear for running. |