单词 | convoying |
释义 | convoyingn. The action of convoy v. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > [noun] ymonec888 i-mennessec1050 meanc1175 ferredc1200 fellowshipa1225 fellowredc1230 sameningc1230 companyc1275 monec1300 conversationc1340 meanness1340 affinity?c1400 companyingc1443 compernagea1500 frequentation?1520 society1529 convoying1543 companionship1548 companyship1548 combining1552 haunt1552 community1570 unition1584 consociation1593 companionry1595 sodality1602 conversinga1610 converse1610 consorting1611 consociety1624 consociating1625 togetherness1656 association1659 consortiona1682 sociality1758 mixture1764 junction1783 consortation1796 conversancy1798 mingling1819 companionage1838 boon companionship1844 mateship1849 1543 R. Sadler Let. 31 Mar. in State Papers (1809) I. 106 It shall not be best to speak any word of the convoying of the said cardinal into England. ?1591 G. B. Newes out of France sig. B They had some small hope of succour, and supply of victualles to be sent them from Roan for the conuoying whereof..should bee sent Mounsier Tauanas. 1632 H. Wotton Let. 13 Feb. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) 453 I aim at the convoying of you up to your Eton. 1665 G. Downing Reply Remarks Deputies Estates-gen. 29 It is not usual to send every year such a Fleet as that for the convoying home of their East-India men. 1708 J. F. Bion Acct. Torments Pref. sig. A5 The usefulness of Galleys in Sea-fights, for the keeping of the Coasts, or convoying of Merchant-Sloops. 1779 Lady's Mag. Feb. 106/2 The states of Holland adjourned last Saturday without taking any final resolution relative to the convoying of the naval stores. 1810 S. T. Coleridge Friend 25 Jan. 347 At the close of the American War, Captain Ball was entrusted with the protection and convoying of an immense mercantile Fleet to America. 1868 H. J. W. Jervis Ireland under Brit. Rule i. 40 The convoying of such goods by water, or through the interior, was a dangerous undertaking. 1919 Lotus Mag. 10 70/2 The armored cruiser Minotaur, come up north, having finished her convoying business. 2009 R. Smithson Ghosts of War 71 After a full six hours of convoying, we stop at another camp in Kuwait. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). convoyingadj. That convoys; esp. accompanying as an armed or protective escort (see convoy v. 3). ΚΠ 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Convoying, (p. a. from convoy), conducting by way of defence, guarding on the road. 1781 B. Franklin Let. 7 Nov. in Papers (2001) XXXVI. 28 The Convoying Ship had sail'd without them. 1807 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 7 The only requisite for invasion therefore, which, unless he trusts to the flotilla alone, he must provide by new expedients, is a convoying fleet. 1854 H. Byerley Thomson Laws of War (new ed.) iii. 92 The merchantman must, before sailing, obtain or endeavour to obtain, the sailing orders issued by the convoying squadron. 1911 M. Johnston Long Roll xxiv. 325 Seven miles in length, train and convoying troops emerged from Winchester in the early light. 1962 I. Jennings Party Polit. III. v. 206 A Dutch convoy had been fired on by English ships because the convoying warships refused to strike. 2013 L. E. Craig J. Daniels ix. 335 The United States quickly geared up its industrial base for the construction of these small convoying vessels. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1543adj.1775 |
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