Cond

//kɒnd// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Clipping of conditional. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, not-comparable
Verb
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of con (“direct or steer a ship”). alt-of, obsolete

    "Sometimes he who conds the ship will be speaking to him at helm at every little yaw; which the sea-faring men love not, as being a kind of disgrace to their steerage; then in mockage they will say, sure the channel is narrow he conds so thick […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Clipping.

Etymology 2

From Middle English conduen, condien, French conduire (“to conduct”), from Latin conducere.

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