† farcostn.
Obsolete.
1. A kind of boat or ship.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > other types of vessel > [noun]
farcost1284
lumbar13..
trowc1330
linec1400
rampinc1500
skey1507
lique1523
sakre1546
salve1588
magara1592
bonaventure1592
centaur1622
Greenlander1692
jackass1826
1284 in Gilbert Hist. & Mun. Doc. Ireland (Rolls) 190 De qualibet navi que vocatur Farecost 8d.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 24885 Þaa þat in þat ferr cost fard.
?a1400 Morte Arth. 743 Wyghtly one þe wale thay wye up þaire ankers, In floynes and fercestez, and Flemesche schyppes.
1455 Will of Richard Rawlyn (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/4) f. 40 Dimidium vnius le Farecost vocat' le Kateryn.
1597 J. Skene De Verborum Significatione at Fercosta Ane Fercost..is inferior in birth and quantity to ane schip.
1609 J. Skene tr. Stat. Alexander II in Regiam Majestatem 19 Anie schip or fercost, or other veschell.
2. Condition, welfare; plural circumstances.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > [noun] > of a person or in life > in terms of prosperity, etc.
astatea1250
farcostc1275
farea1325
estate?1370
statea1382
worlda1393
casea1535
the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [noun] > circumstances of a person or in life
farcostc1275
chesounc1380
condition1607
circumstancea1704
situation1728
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15989 Vnder þissen uare-coste [c1300 Otho þeos speche] he sumnede ferde.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15341 Brien hine gon fræine of his fare-coste.
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