| 释义 |
† ˈendship Obs.
[f. end n. + -ship. Cf. township.]
A small suburb, a hamlet.
1589R. Harvey Pl. Perc. 8 All the picked yoouths straind out of an whole Endship. a1688Bunyan Barren Fig-tree, They shake the whole family, the endship, the whole town. 1701De Foe Freeh. Plea agst. Stockj. Elect. 18 They are not to be Nam'd among the List of the most despicable Endships, or Village[s] in the County. |