Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CON'VOY
CON'VOY, n.
- A protecting force accompanying ships or property on their way from place to place, either by sea or land. By sea, a ship or ships of war which accompany merchantmen for protection from an enemy. By land, any body of troops which accompany provisions, ammunition or other property for protection.
- The ship or fleet conducted and protected; that which is conducted by a protecting force; that which is convoyed. The word sometimes includes both the protecting and protected fleets. – Admiralty Reports. Anderson. Burchett. Encyc. State Papers.
- The act of attending for defense. – Shak. Milton.
- Conveyance. [Obs.] – Shak.
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