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名詞

eend (plural eends)

1. (obsolete) Pronunciation spelling of end.
   • [1687, Chriſtopher Cooper, “Chap. XIX: Of Barbarous Speaking”, in The Engliſh Teacher, London: John Richardſon, for the Author, page 77; republished Menston: Scolar Press, 1969:

     He, that would write exactly, muſt avoid a Barbarous Pronunciation, and conſider for facility, or thorow miſtake, many words are not ſounded after the beſt dialect. Such as […] eend, end.]

   • 1785, Tim Bobbin [pseudonym; John Collier], The Lancaſhire Dialect: Containing the Adventures and Misfortunes of a Lancaſhire Clown […] ‎, London: [the Booksellers in Town and Country], →OCLC, page 18:

     […] For I thowt, I heard ſummot coming, an if truth mun be ſpok'n, I'r ſo fearfully breed, at meh hure ſtood on eend, for theaw knows I noather knew whooa, or whot it moot be.

   • 1900, Ed[ward] Mott, “A Plague of Egypt”, in The Black Homer of Jimtown‎, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC, page 45:

     One eend dat chain it bean in de jack feesh's gullet, an' t'udduh eend dat chain it bean in the frog's gullet.