CON
\kˈɒn], \kˈɒn], \k_ˈɒ_n]\
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kon, v.t. to study carefully: to commit to memory:--pr.p. con'ning; pa.p. conned.--n. CON'NING, learning by heart; poring over. [A.S. cunnian, to try to know--cunnan, to know.]
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CONN, kon, kun, v.t. to direct the steering of a ship.--n. the act of conning.--ns. CON'NING, directing the steering; CON'NING-TOW'ER, the pilot-house of a war-ship. [Prob. conn. with preceding.]
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kon, n. a knock. [Fr. cogner, to knock.]
By Thomas Davidson
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C. (over): study; learn by heart.
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Direct steering of ship; conning-tower, shot-proof pilot-house of ironclad. [French]
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(It.). With (esp. Mus.), as c. brio (spirit), espressione (expression), fuoco (fire), moto (spirited movement).
By Sir Augustus Henry