单词 | convoyance |
释义 | † conˈvoyance Obs. [f. convoy v. + -ance.] 1. Artful management; cunning device; = conveyance 11.
1603Florio Montaigne iii. v. (1632) 499 Their wiles, sleights, close convoyances. 1637Gillespie Eng. Pop. Cerem. Ep. B iv b, The cunning convoyance of that old Serpent. 1643R. Baillie Lett. & Jrnls. (1841) II. 108 It was the canny convoyance of those who guides most matters to their own interest. 2. = conveyance.
1637Gillespie Eng. Pop. Cerem. iii. iv. 53 The adoration..must first be carried to the Signe as a meanes of convoyance vnto Christ. 3. The channel by which anything is conveyed.
1603Daniel Commend. Verses in Florio's Montaigne, As a guest in gratefulnesse..[he] Might spare to tax th' unapt convoyances. |

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