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The condition of a swain.

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  • SWAINLING
    A little swain.
  • CONDITIONALITY
    The quality of being conditional, or limited; limitation by certain terms.
  • CONDITIONAL
    Expressing a condition or supposition; as, a conditional word, mode, or tense. A conditional proposition is one which asserts the dependence of one categorical proposition on another. Whately. The words hypothetical and conditional may be . . .
  • CONDITIONATE
    Conditional. Barak's answer is faithful, though conditionate. Bp. Hall.
  • SWAINMOTE
    A court held before the verders of the forest as judges, by the steward of the court, thrice every year, the swains, or freeholders,
  • CONDITION
    A clause in a contract, or agreement, which has for its object to suspend, to defeat, or in some way to modify, the principal obligation; or, in case of a will, to suspend, revoke, or modify a devise or bequest. It is also the case of
  • CONDITIONLY
    Conditionally.
  • SWAINSHIP
    The condition of a swain.
  • SWAIN
    1. A servant. Him behoves serve himself that has no swain. Chaucer. 2. A young man dwelling in the country; a rustic; esp., a cuntry gallant or lover; -- chiefly in poetry. It were a happy life To be no better than a homely swain. Shak.
  • CONDITIONALLY
    In a conditional manner; subject to a condition or conditions; not absolutely or positively. Shak.
  • SWAINISH
    Pertaining to, or resembling, a swain; rustic; ignorant. "An ungentle and swainish beast." Milton. -- Swain"ish*ness, n. Emerson.
  • CONDITIONED
    1. Surrounded; circumstanced; in a certain state or condition, as of property or health; as, a well conditioned man. The best conditioned and unwearied spirit. Shak. 2. Having, or known under or by, conditions or relations; not independent; not
  • INCONDITIONAL
    Unconditional. Sir T. Browne.
  • UNCONDITIONAL
    Not conditional limited, or conditioned; made without condition; absolute; unreserved; as, an unconditional surrender. O, pass not, Lord, an absolute decree, Or bind thy sentence unconditional. Dryden. -- Un`con*di"tion*al*ly, adv.
  • UNCONDITIONED
    Not subject to condition or limitations; infinite; absolute; hence, inconceivable; incogitable. Sir W. Hamilton. The unconditioned , all that which is inconceivable and beyond the realm of reason; whatever is inconceivable under logical forms or
  • BOATSWAIN
    An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging, colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a ship, and who also summons the crew, and performs other duties. The jager gull. The tropic bird. Boatswain's mate, an assistant of the boatswain.
  • COCKSWAIN
    The steersman of a boat; a petty officer who has charge of a boat and its crew.
  • PRECONDITION
    A previous or antecedent condition; a preliminary condition.
  • INCONDITIONATE
    Not conditioned; not limited; absolute. Boyle.
  • COXSWAIN
    See COCKSWAIN
  • DAGSWAIN
    Acoarse woolen fabric made of daglocks, or the refuse of wool. "Under coverlets made of dagswain." Holinshed.

 

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