Postdatings in Seward's poetry at present unrecorded in OED: Seward Table 3
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Word
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Quotation
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OED dates
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Date of text
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Postdates OED record (years)
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Comments
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unerring, ppl. adj.
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'What time great GLENDOUR...Wing'd his unerring shaft, and edg'd his victor sword' (Llangollen Vale, With Other Poems, p. 1)
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1621, 1712, c1743
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1796
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52
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OED1/2 : '3. Not going astray from the intended mark; certain, sure: a. Of missiles or other weapons.' Like the next entry, Seward's usage could be easily postdated further.
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congealing, ppl. adj.
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'Not for himself starts the impassion'd tear, / Congealing as it falls' (Elegy on Captain Cook, p. 7)
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1599, a1652, 1750
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1780
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30
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(See above.)
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Last Updated ( Monday, 15 February 2010 )
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