Read full poem →But, oh, with what a novel force
Your best-conn'd beauties, by remorse
Of absence, touch; and, in my heart,
Dictionary Entry
The duty of directing a ship, usually used with the verb to have or to take and accompanied by the article "the."
In a Sentence
“The officer of the deck has the conn of the vessel; the captain took the conn when she reached the bridge.”
Origin
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Poetry examples for “conn”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →His family lived in Boston, Mass., and Norwich, Conn., until
after the close of the French war, 1763, whenin the spring
Read full poem →seventeen and a half dollars of prize money. In 1766 he mar-
ried Jane Cooke of Bozrah, Conn., at which place they lived for
a while. Two years later they were living at a place called
Read full poem →Quartermaster Andrew Wheatley was married at Stafford,
Conn,, to Rubie Blodgett b Stafford, January 27, 1758; d Hard-
Read full poem →James Wheatleigh settled at Wethers-
field, Conn., in 1638, Capt. John Wheat-
ley or Wheatleigh settled in Norwich,
Read full poem →Capt. Cary sold his indenture to a farmer near Norwich,
Conn , 1732.
From him sprung a large branch of the Wheatley family in
Read full poem →Colo. Denver 1.25 65 70
Conn. Hartford 1.45 .70 -85
Del. Wilmington 1.45 .70 .85
Read full poem →Colo Denver 1.55 1.20 2.65
Conn. Hartford 1.85 1.40 3.55
Del. Wilmington 1.85 1.40 3.55
