单词 | veyor |
释义 | † veyorn. Obsolete. A person appointed to view or inspect something, esp. a place or structure. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > [noun] > one who surveys veyorc1432 scout1605 reconnoiterer1752 perlustrator1807 outscout1831 c1432 in PMLA (1934) 49 455 (MED) Sire Iohn Aas..set..Iohn' Aueray, mason', to þis..new pece wal wiþ þis..newe dore þere to be þus set in Nusans of þe vre hold of..Nicholas; where a pon þe veyours, at sute of..Nicholas, presentid in Court be fore..Thomas Couentre as fore a Nusance of þe vre hold of þis seyd Nicholas. c1490 in F. B. Bickley Little Red Bk. Bristol (1900) II. 132 Veyours sworne before John Shipward, Meire..to make vewe and put in sight of a grond and tenement. 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Yyy2v/2 Veiours..signifieth in our common lawe those, that are sent by the court to take view of any place in question, for the beter descision of the right. a1625 H. Finch Law (1636) 305 An action of deceit..must be brought during the life of the Sommoners, but not when all the Sommoners and veighors be dead. a1625 H. Finch Law (1636) 344 To take the land into the Kings hands by the view of lawfull men, called thereupon Veyors. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1432 |
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