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conn

[kon]
–verb (used with object)
1. con 3 (def. 1).
–noun
2. responsibility for the steering of a ship.
3. con 3 (defs. 2, 3).

Origin:
1800–10

Conn.

Connecticut (def. 1).

con

3[kon] verb, conned, con⋅ning, noun Nautical
–verb (used with object)
1. to direct the steering of (a ship).
–noun
2. the station of the person who cons.
3. the act of conning.
Also, conn.


Origin:
1350–1400; earlier cond, apocopated var. of ME condie, condue < MF cond(u)ire < L condūcere to conduct
con 3 or conn   (kŏn)   
tr.v.   conned, con·ning, cons or conns
To direct the steering or course of (a vessel).
n.  
  1. The station or post of the person who steers a vessel.
  2. The act or process of steering a vessel.

[From cond, from Middle English conduen, from Old French conduire, from Latin condūcere, to lead together; see conduce.]
conn   (kŏn)   
v.   & n. Nautical
Variant of con3.

Conn

Conn\ (k[o^]n), v. t. See Con, to direct a ship.
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