单词 | cond |
释义 | condcundv. ? Obsolete. ΘΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > show (the way) [verb (transitive)] > accompany as a guide leada900 conduec1330 conductc1400 convey14.. condc1460 conducec1475 convoyc1480 carrya1522 wain1540 train1549 marshal1590 gallant1806 usha1824 trot1888 get1984 c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 3995 He chargit Barons twelff..To cond him [MS. reads his] saff, & his meyne. c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 3980 He woll have..a saff condit enselid. 2. To conduct (a ship): to direct the helmsman how to steer; = con v.2 ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > steering > steer [verb (transitive)] > direct steering of cond1612 con1626 1612 Trauels Foure Eng. Men Afr. Pref. 11 The Mariners were..not accustomed to saile by compasse or cunding of the ship, but by the eye and view. 1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) i. xvi. 76 To Cond or Cun, is to direct or guide, and to cun a Ship is to direct the Person at Helm how to steer her. 1721–90 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. To cond, to conn. 1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. Cond. 3. To direct fishing-boats after a shoal of herring or pilchard, as seen from heights overlooking the sea; to balk. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > catch fish [verb (transitive)] > direct fishing boats hue1590 cond1602 balk1603 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 32v Three or four boates..are directed in their worke, by a Balker, or Huer, who standeth on the Cliffe side, and from thence, best discerneth the quantitie and course of the Pilcherd: according whereunto, hee cundeth (as they call it) the Master of each boate (who hath his eye still fixed vpon him) by crying with a lowd voice, whistling through his fingers, and wheazing certing diuersified and significant signes, with a bush, which hee holdeth in his hand. 1603 Act 1 Jas. I c. 23 To Balke, Hue, Conde, Direct, and Guide the Fishermen. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Cund, to give notice which way a shoal of fish is gone. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < v.c1460 |
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