Word Meanings - SWAINSHIP - Book Publishers vocabulary database
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.