单词 | vanward |
释义 | † vanwardn. Obsolete. = vantward n.In reprints of 16th cent. works vanward is sometimes substituted for vauward vaward n., and the latter is perhaps the correct reading of the MS. in quot. 1476. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > part of army by position > [noun] > van or front forerunnerseOE vantward1297 formerward13.. forme-ward13.. vamward1338 fronta1375 pointa1382 frontier?a1400 vawarda1400 forayc1425 avantwardc1440 avant-garde1470 vanward1476 vantguard1485 vanguard1487 foreward1490 forefront1513 foremen1577 forefight?1611 vaunta1616 van1633 first line1663 front line1677 firing line1859 1476 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 494 Þe Swechys..hathe slayne the most parte off hys vamwarde. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxxxxi. f. cvv He than sette forthe his waye and commaundynge his vawnewarde to kepe their Iourney towarde Paris. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020). vanwardadj. Situated, having place or position, in the van or front. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > front > [adjective] furtherc1000 foremostc1275 formerc1384 farther1398 fornec1440 fore?a1513 forme1523 anterior1611 first1647 head1691 vanward1820 leading1825 forwardmost1834 1820 J. Keats Hyperion: a Fragm. i, in Lamia & Other Poems 147 As if the vanward clouds of evil days Had spent their malice. 1823 T. De Quincey Lett. Young Man in London Mag. May 558/1 Its vanward and its rearward man. 1877 C. Patmore Unknown Eros ix. 41 Until the vanward billows feel The agitating shallows. 1896 Edinb. Rev. July 151 The horizon became darkened with the vanward clouds of evil days. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2019). vanwardadv. Towards or in the front; forward. Also with to. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > front > [adverb] aforeOE forneOE beforeOE aforewarda1200 afornonc1275 toforec1330 onwardc1385 bifornysc1420 forouth1487 ahead1568 afrontc1570 forwardly1578 anteriorly1598 foremostly1607 devant1609 forward1619 forward on1630 front-wise1774 vanward1827 out front1934 upfront1937 the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adverb] > in forward direction beforeOE forwarda1535 ahead1596 front-wise1774 vanward1827 frontward1865 1827 T. Hood Plea Midsummer Fairies xlvi, in Plea Midsummer Fairies & Other Poems 24 Then next a merry Woodsman, clad in green, Stept vanward from his mates. 1838 J. P. Kennedy Rob of Bowl ii Vanward the same kind of enclosures..shut in a grassy court. 1888 J. R. Lowell Heartsease & Rue 56 Whose brave example still to vanward shines. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1476adj.1820adv.1827 |
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