Lexicographical Neighbors of Targed
Literary usage of Targed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"< E. The W. targed, a dasher, far/a», a shield, clash- er (< targ, clash,
percussion), are appar. not related to the E. word.] 1. A shield. ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"He bad been at the potted peas since twelve, and had on this occasion targed two
or three commissariat officers very tightly with questions respecting^ ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1851)
"... as are barter, curas,pencel, salet, tabar (a tabard, said to be mentioned by
Taliesin in the sixth century: ted gu ?), targed, and others. ..."
4. Waverley, Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since by Walter Scott, Andrew Lang (1892)
"... and, as he expressed himself, " targed him tightly " till the finishing of
the job. To rid himself of this restraint, ..."
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