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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1699
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Condit(e, Condyt(e, n. Also: -ditt, -dict; -deyt, -deitt, -det. [ME. condyt (c 1300), -dit(e, variant of conduyt Conduit n. Cf. Cundit.]
1. A safe-conduct. (Cf. Sauf-condite.)(a) a1400 Legends of the Saints xl. 1195.
Thane vrat he for a condyt, & it was grantit hym tyt c1420 Wynt. vi. 528.
That he … na condyte Wald hald, na kepe to thaim his fay 1445 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 13.
Twa of the baillieis … has resauit in to saafgarde … Roger Yhong, Inglisman, … because of scortnes of his condit 1533 Bell. Livy I. 273/4.
Siclike war all sworne nocht to departe but his licence and conditt 1546 Corr. M. Lorraine 169.
Thair is ane condict writtin for to the lordis Ruthven and Paslay(b) c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace viii. 1499.
A harrold went … quhar at the Scottis lay, Condeyt till haiff, quhill thai haiff said thar will. The consaill sone a condeyt gaiff him till c1475 Ib. xi. 912.
He … Set on his clok a takyn for to se, The lyoun in wax that suld his condet be
2. a. One of the passages in the body.1456 Hay II. 141/7.
Syk wynis confourtis the stomak, … and gydis it better throu the wayis of the naturale condytis 1533 Boece xiv. xiv. 568 b.
His jevellouris … at his nether conditt schot in ane tre bois and holkit 16.. Hist. Kennedy 49.
Ane passage to the bluid to descend doun about the hairtt throw the condeitt of the throppill
b. An underground passage; a conduit.1490 Irland Mir. I. 79/15.
[The] riueris … enteris … within certane conditis of the erde wnknawin to us a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 2366.
At the last The knycht furth at the condit past a1500 Ib. 2382.
At the condit in ȝeid he 1533 Bell. Livy I. 88/12.
He drewe mony closettis, condittis, & synkis fra the hicht of the toun … to purge the sammyn of all corruptioun and filth 1556–7 Edinb. Old Acc. I. 207.
To Michell, calsaymaker, for enlarging of the condit theirof 1556–7 Ib. 208.
Item for thre dosoun of wall stanis to the round of the condit
3. Conduct, behaviour.1567 Reg. Morton I. 31.
Be the … incircumspect conditt of our folkis thair wes sum lytill defait
