predyadj.

Brit.

/ˈpriːdi/, U.S.

/ˈpridi/

Forms: 1600s pridie, 1600s–1700s 1900s– predy.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown. Compare predy v.It has been suggested that predy developed out of the command ‘Make the ship ready ’ (compare quot. 1685). This is not impossible, but it assumes that the vowel sounds in ready adj. and predy were the same, which is difficult to reconcile with the recorded spellings. It is uncertain whether the verbal form pritly in the following isolated example is related:a1634 P. Pett Autobiogr. (1918) 108 The next days, being Friday and Saturday, we lay still to prytly the ship and take in such provisions as were wanting.

Nautical. Now rare (archaic and historical in later use).

Esp. of a ship: prepared for action or battle; ready.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [adjective] > prepared or ready

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1613 N. Downton Jrnl. 7 Feb. in F. C. Danvers Lett. E. India Company (1896) I. 242 Our people were employed stowing down all things we could and making a pridie ship.

1625 in J. S. Corbett Fighting Instruct. (1905) 69 That the hold in every ship should be rummaged and made predy especially by the ship's sides.

1685 N. Boteler Six Dialogues Sea-services 283 When a Ship is to be made ready for a Fight, the Word of Command is, make the Ship Predy, or make Predy the Ordnance. And a Predy Ship is when all her Decks are cleared, and..everything..well fitted for a Fight.

1706 in Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Predy, a Sea-Word for ready. [Also in later dictionaries.]

1976 F. Warner Killing Time ii. vii. 47 Quark. With you I feel all predy. Kuru. Predy? Quark. With decks stripped and ready for action.

1996 K. Waters On Mayflower 6 (caption) All hands predy to set sail.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† predyv.

Forms: 1600s prytly, 1600s–1800s predy, 1800s priddy.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: predy adj.

Etymology: Apparently < predy adj.

Nautical. Obsolete.

transitive. To prepare (a ship, etc.) to set sail, or for battle; to make ready.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)]

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1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 38 Predy, or make ready to set saile.

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Predy the Ship, or Predy the Ordnance, is as much as to make Things ready for a Fight.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Predy, or Priddy, a word formerly used in our ships for ‘get ready’; as ‘Predy the main-deck’, or get it clear.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	predy
释义	predyadj. Brit. /ˈpriːdi/, U.S. /ˈpridi/ Forms: 1600s pridie, 1600s–1700s 1900s– predy. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. Compare predy v.It has been suggested that predy developed out of the command ‘Make the ship ready ’ (compare quot. 1685). This is not impossible, but it assumes that the vowel sounds in ready adj. and predy were the same, which is difficult to reconcile with the recorded spellings. It is uncertain whether the verbal form pritly in the following isolated example is related:a1634 P. Pett Autobiogr. (1918) 108 The next days, being Friday and Saturday, we lay still to prytly the ship and take in such provisions as were wanting. Nautical. Now rare (archaic and historical in later use). Esp. of a ship: prepared for action or battle; ready. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [adjective] > prepared or ready i-radc888 yarec888 i-redec1000 i-redya1175 boundc1175 graith?c1225 aready1250 alreadyc1275 readyc1275 armedc1300 prestc1300 bentc1330 ripec1330 purveyed1435 mature?1440 apt1474 habile1485 in (a) case to (also for)1523 provided1533 in procinct1540 weeping-ripe1548 furnished1553 fit1569 preta1600 expedite1604 predy1613 procinct1618 foreprepared1642 presto1644 apparated1663 (ready) in one's gears1664 fallow1850 standby1893 organized1926 (to be) all set1949 1613 N. Downton Jrnl. 7 Feb. in F. C. Danvers Lett. E. India Company (1896) I. 242 Our people were employed stowing down all things we could and making a pridie ship. 1625 in J. S. Corbett Fighting Instruct. (1905) 69 That the hold in every ship should be rummaged and made predy especially by the ship's sides. 1685 N. Boteler Six Dialogues Sea-services 283 When a Ship is to be made ready for a Fight, the Word of Command is, make the Ship Predy, or make Predy the Ordnance. And a Predy Ship is when all her Decks are cleared, and..everything..well fitted for a Fight. 1706 in Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Predy, a Sea-Word for ready. [Also in later dictionaries.] 1976 F. Warner Killing Time ii. vii. 47 Quark. With you I feel all predy. Kuru. Predy? Quark. With decks stripped and ready for action. 1996 K. Waters On Mayflower 6 (caption) All hands predy to set sail. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † predyv. Forms: 1600s prytly, 1600s–1800s predy, 1800s priddy. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: predy adj. Etymology: Apparently < predy adj. Nautical. Obsolete. transitive. To prepare (a ship, etc.) to set sail, or for battle; to make ready. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] yarec888 yarkc1000 graithc1175 readya1225 biredienc1275 to make yarec1290 forgraitha1300 adightc1330 buskc1330 purveyc1330 agraith1340 disposec1375 before-graithea1382 to forge and filec1381 to make readya1382 devisec1385 bounc1390 buss?a1400 address?a1425 parel?a1425 to get upc1425 providec1425 prepare1449 bakec1450 aready1470 arm?a1505 prevenea1522 get?1530 to get ready1530 to get ready1530 to set in readiness1575 apply1577 compose1612 predy1627 make1637 to dispose of1655 do1660 fallowa1764 to line up1934 prep1936 tee1938 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 38 Predy, or make ready to set saile. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Predy the Ship, or Predy the Ordnance, is as much as to make Things ready for a Fight. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Predy, or Priddy, a word formerly used in our ships for ‘get ready’; as ‘Predy the main-deck’, or get it clear. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1613v.1627
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