husband, husbond, husbonde, husebonde

[A. S. húsbonda, from Icel. húsbóndi = the master of a house, contracted from húsbóand i, or húsbúand i, from hús a house, and búand i = dwelling, pr. par. of búa =to dwell; Dan.huusbond; Sw. husbonde.] IMG:content-1363.png:[blocks in formation] *4. The male of animals. "Even though a snowy ram thou shalt behold, Prefer him not in haste for husband to thy fold." Dryden: Virgil , Georgie iii. 595. *5. One who is frugal and thrifty; a good and frugal manager; an economist. "Some, who are husbands of their oil, pour at first the oil alone."- Evelyn: Acetaria. II. Naut .: A person engaged by the owners of a ship to take the management and superintendence of it, so far as regards the purchase of stores, its repair and equipments, payment of freights, ., commonly called the ship's husband. huş-band, v. t. [HUSBAND, 8.] 1. To till, to cultivate. "Bare land, manured, husbanded, and tilled with excel. lent endeavor." -Shakesp.: Henry IV., Pt. II., iv. 3. 2. To manage with frugality or economy; to econ omize; to use in the manner calculated to produce the best and greatest results. "For my means, I'll husband them so well, They shall go far." Shakesp.: Hamlet , iv. 5. *3. To provide with a husband. "Being so father'd and so husbanded ." Shakesp.: Julius Cæsar , ii. 1. marine; gō, pot, pine, pit, sire, sir, husband able