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Secund, -ound(e, -ond(e, adj., (n.2, adv.) Also: secundé, -wnd, secownd(e, seccond; sacund, -und; sicund, sycund, -ond, scycound, sycownt, -ont; sicint; sicynd. [ME and e.m.E. secunde (1297), secounde (Chaucer), second(e (Gower), OF secunt, -cund, second (12th c. in Larousse), (F. second), L. secundus following, next, second, f. sequī to follow.]

A. adj. 1. In a predetermined system of enumeration, as an ordinal numeral adj.: Next in sequence after the first; second. Also, freq., ellipt.For letters in the secund form, see Letter n. 6 f (1).(1) 1375 Barb. ix 417.
Bot the gud king as I herd say Was the secund [C. tothir] man tuk the wall
a1400 Leg. S. xxvi 1068.
He tuk the secund coupe in hand
1396 Sc. Ant. XIV 217.
The secvnde day of May
1456 Peebles B. Rec. I 112.
The curt halding the Tisday the secwnday of the monath Nowember
a1500 Henr. Orph. 466.
The secund dede is in the medill age
a1500 Henr. Orph. 475.
The secund monstris ar the sisteris thre, Alecto [etc.]
c1475 Wall. i 50. 1490 Irland Mir. I 6/14, etc.
Secund
a1500 Colk. Sow ii 7. 1497–8 Acta Conc. II 105. c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 319.
He durst not sit anys my summondis, for or the secund charge He wes ay redy for to ryn
1559 Admir. Ct. Bk. 124.
Alexander King … denyit the thrid and secund exceptionis peremptouris
1560 Rolland Seven S. 5742.
This is ȝour secund wife
a1561 Q. Kennedy Breif Tract. (ed.) 112/28.
In the secund heid
1562-3 Winȝet I 12/18.
The secunde idoll is [etc.]
c1575 Balfour Pract. 268.
The Lordis of counsal … representis the place of a competent judge of appellatioun in the secund instance
1582 Reg. Privy C. III 503.
His majestie hes ordanit … his court of justiciarie to be haldin … of new within the tolbuith … of Perth … , as secund court peremptoure to all personis arreistit to this present court and not comperand
a1605 Montg. Flyt. 118 heading.
Replying to his secund flytting
1588 Reg. Privy C. IV 337.
Collectour of the secund and thrid pairtis
1596 Dalr. I 279/1.
His secund brother
1596 Dalr. I 20/12. c1612 Skene Memorabilia 14.
Lord Charles the kingis secund sone
1614 Craven Ch. in Orkney II 99.
The evil success of that assay did send us to our next and secund witts
1664 Aberd. B. Rec. IV 211.
Secund
1668 Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct. Deeds I 226.
Ane uther aicker of whytt land in the avald yeard or secund cropt yeard
(b) ?1438 Alex. ii Prol. heading.
Heir beginnis the secound part of this buik
c1420 Wynt. viii 467.
The secownde swne set he be
c1420 Wynt. i 1738.
Secownd
c1475 Wall. xi 1148.
Secound he was quhen thai Saynct Jhonstoun tuk, Folowed the king at wynnyng off the toun
a1500 Colk. Sow ii 58.
Secound
a1500 Seven S. 38. a1500 Seven S. 1753. a1508 Kennedy Pass. Christ 869.
The secound folk
c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 114/68.
The wowf … Protestand for the secound place
c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 152/67.
Syne Sweirnes at the secound bidding, come lyk [etc.]
1531 Bell. Boece I xxii.
The first part of this ile … wes namit Britane; the secound and mid part … Penthland
1598 James VI Basil. Doron 31/3.
As for the pointis of equitie touardis oure neichboure because that uill fall in properlie upon the secounde pairt concerning a kings office I leaue it to the awin roume: for the first point then … is [etc.]
1641 Acts V 530/1.
Eftir the ishe and expyreing of the said second [1817 secound] nynteene yeeres
1677 Aberd. Sheriff Ct. III 100.
Secound
(c) 1530 Misc. Spald. C. IV 140.
To ane second sone
1549 Compl. 86/18.
Be his second sone Richart
1600 Hamilton Facile Tr. 429.
Thair second heresie … is, that [etc.]
1663 Aberd. Council Lett. IV 243.
Summonded the second tym
(d) 1519 Selkirk B. Ct. MS fol. 74b.
That daye Wolle Dwne was in amerchment of curt for non entrayis, … and this the sacund curt
(e) c1400 Troy-bk. ii 491.
The scycound syngne
1497–8 Dunferm B. Rec. I 80.
To answar to the nex cowrth as to the sycont cowrt
1513 Wigtown B. Ct. fol. 14a.
The borow court of Wigton haldin … the sicint day of Dissimber
1522 Wigtown B. Ct. fol. 123b.
Sicynd
1549 Compl. 4/34.
Numa Pompilius, the sycond Kyng of Rome
1549 Compl. 38/18.
In the sycond regione of the ayr
(2) c1520-c1535 Nisbet Luke vi 1.
In the secund first [W., P. secunde, secounde firste; L. secundo primo] Sabot quhen he passit be the cornis [marg. The haly dayes that immediatlye followit the hie Sabbaotht wer called the secunnd Sabbates amangis the Jewes]
(3) ellipt. 1402 Dundee Chart. No. 22.
The yhere of grace mill fourhundreth and the seconde
c1420 Wynt. iv 41.
Janwere the fyrst off tha [months], The secund Fevyryhere
c1420 Wynt. ix 1620.
The eldest wes the gud Qwene Malde, The secound wes Dame Mary cald
1456 Hay I 36/16. a1500 Henr. Fab. 1946. c1475 Wall. vii 111.
Secound
a1500 Colk. Sow i 11.
The first penny [etc.] … The secund fell in a furde The thrid [etc.]
1494 Loutfut MS 21a.
The faucon is of vii lignes, the first is falcon layniere, the secound is callit pellerin [etc.]
1533 Boece 372b.
[He] sall pay ane ox for the first faleȝe for the secund he sall lois ten
a1538 Abell 9a.
He had … thre dochteris … The first and the sicund swoir that [etc.]
1549 Compl. 60/21.
Sycond
a1561 Q. Kennedy Breif Tract. (ed.) 119/9.
Secund
1567 Kirkcaldy B. Rec. App. 308.
Na brewstar … to sell ony derrer aill … under the pane of ane vnlaw, the secund doubling, and thridlie delling thair aill and breking thair lummes
1581-1623 James VI Poems I 16/9.
Sen … I was constrained to haue refuge to the secound, which was, [etc.]
c1590 Fowler II 52/2.
Vnto the former obiectioun I answer that [etc.] … Vnto the secound I say that [etc.]
c1590 Fowler II 75/30. c1590 Fowler II 84/10. 1608 A. Melvill in Calderwood VI 743.
Refuting laick elders, which is his first point; his secund and thrid be against parishes and parish bishops
1609 Skene Reg. Maj. i 124.
Head-courts … The first is after the feast of Michalmes. The secund is after the Nativitie [etc.]

b. absol. and attrib. Qualifying a personal name, as A. (the) secund (also, of that name), also, once, secund king, and, less freq., the secund A.(1) c1420 Wynt. v 5761.
Justynyane the secund than Wes empryowre contemporane
c1420 Wynt. vi 144.
In the meyne tyme this Stevyn wes dede The secund
1456 Hay I 22/2.
In that tyme was the pape Lyoun the secound
1456 Hay I 22/12.
The pape Sanct Gregore the secound blewe his horne
c1515 Asl. MS I 243/19. a1538 Abell 79a.
Wrbane sicund institut our lady matenis
a1538 Abell 97 (bis) a.
Edwart sicund inwasure
1549 Compl. 8/14.
Sycond
1641 Acts V 437/1.
Be … King James the second
1677 Lauder Notices Affairs I 160.
In the 5t Chapter of the old laws of McColme Mckenneth, second of that name
(2) c1420 Wynt. vii 2723.
Alysandyr the secownd kyng That Scotland had in governing
attrib. c1420 Wynt. v 3619.
Syne ras the secund Gratyane
c1420 Wynt. ix 1403.
Crownyd wes the thryd Robert The secownde Robertis ayre and swn

2. Next in rank, importance or degree to the person or thing regarded as first; subsidiary, auxiliary; next-best. Also superl., the last or least (in importance) of a given number.Secund (= inferior) to none, second to none, equal.(1) c1450-2 Howlat 316 (B).
Thair was the egill … grettest on ground is Athill emperoure our all most awfull in erd Ernis ancient of air kingis that cround is Nixt his celsitude for suth secound apperd
c1515 Asl. MS I 195/5.
This Henry the tyrand the quhilk was secund fra the devill carnate
1516 Reg. Great S. 23/1.
Johne Duke of Albany … is the secund persoun of this realm
1558-66 Knox II 45.
Second
1579 Reg. Privy C. III 205.
Comptrollar and secund persoun of the artailyeirie
1596 Dalr. I 105/28.
The secunde of thame [sc. orders], quhais nobilitie, and hines of blude, hes placed in the secunde digrie of the commoune weil
1611-57 Mure Sonn. i 3.
[To Margaret] secund to none in bonty, beutie, grace
1632 Lithgow Trav. vi 296.
The people [sc. of Arabia] … are commonly all of the second stature
superl. 15.. Clar. v 2258.
Bot I, the third and secundest of all, Can not so meitter as thay put in prose
(2) 1613 Haddington B. Rec. (Robb) 25 Jan.
Ane gleib designit … for the kirk of Nungait … quhilk gleib will remane with the secound minister of our kirk
(3) 1657 Cramond Cullen Ann. 47.
The best man huick sall have … £5 … , the second man huick £3

b. Appar., taking the next to highest part within a particular voice-range (here, treble) in a choir.In mod. Eng., 1724-, of vocal or instrumental music. 1539 Glasgow Prot. IV 118.
Sax bairnis … sufficient syngaris for tribull and secund tribull

c. Of lesser importance, secondary, subsidiary. = Secundar adj. 1. 1568 Skeyne Descr. Pest 5.
The first and principal cause [sc. of plague] may be callit … ane scurge … of the maist iust God, without quhais dispositioun in all thingis vtheris secund causis wirkis no thing

3. Second-best, second quality. = Secundar adj. 2. Also superl., id.(1) 1561 Treas. Acc. XI 84.
Blak weluot to the saidis dammes, dammosallis and madynnis to be thair secund dule
1573 Inv. Wardrobe 183.
Sex pece of tapestrie five of thame bot secund the sext utter fyne
1611 Edinb. Test. XLVI 216b.
To Cristiane Sawaris … my blak claith goun … to Marioun Legat … my secund blak claith cloik
1615 Edinb. Test. XLVIII 196b.
I leiue to the said Kathereine my secund gowine of Scottis bombasie
1618 Edinb. Test. L 164b.
Foure pair of secund sort worset schankis for men at thrie pundis x s. the pair
(2) 1592 Edinb. Test. XXIV 80.
The said Cristiane left … To Mariorie Murray hir secoundest gown

4. a. Qualifying a proper name, to designate one who matches the original bearer of the name in his characteristic qualities. c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 109/17.
Welcum in were the secund Julius

b. Further, additional, to that already mentioned or previously existing. c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 32.
That bewis bathit war in secund bemys Throu the reflex of Phebus visage brycht
1669 Alford. Rec. 145.
Thomas Stewart … insisting in the libell formerly given in … and liking a second libell
1685-8 Renwick Serm. 59.
The first sort [etc.] … A second sort [sc. of people] … are these who have put these wicked laws in execution

5. a. Secund teind(is, a special teind enjoyed by certain prelates or prelacies from the casualties of superiority and issues of courts accruing to the crown in a certain district (appar. generally one in the vicinity of the bishopric, etc.). 1413 Reg. Episc. Brechin. I 35.]
[Robertus dux Albanie … gubernator … vicecomiti et balliuis suis de Kyncardin. Quia … sumus veraciter informati quod ab antiquissimis temporibus ecclesia Brechinensis et episcopi eiusdem … secundas decimas percipere consueuerunt de omnibus et singulis prouentubus domino nostro regi pertinentibus infra balliam vestram videlicet wardis releuiis maritagiis finibus et eschaetis ac curiarum justiciarii camerarii et vicecomitis exitibus aliisque emolumentis dominii regis dicte ballie vestre pari modo et forma sicut episcopus Aberdonensis huiusmodi secundas decimas percipit infra vicecomitatum de Abirdein et de Banf vel prior de Restinot infra vicecomitatum de Forfar … Non obstantibus quibuscumque concessionibus per nos factis seu remissionibus de wardis releuiis seu maritagiis aut emolumentis aliis supradictis in quibus concessionibus seu remissionibus nostris de secundis decimis dicto episcopo debitis nullam fecimus mentionem
1477 Reg. Episc. Brechin. I 200.
Anent the actioun debatable betuix … Jhone bischop of Brechine … and George Erl of Rothois … twiching the secund teynd clamyt be the said reuerend father to be aucht to hym of the said Erl of Rothois landis lyand in the Meyrnis the tyme of the beying of the said handis in our souerane Lordis handis be ressoun of ward
1483 Reg. Episc. Brechin. I 206. 1483 Reg. Episc. Brechin. I 207.
Sufficient to pruff for the possessioun of the kirk of Brechine to the secund teynd of the said ward
1491 Acta Aud. 148/2.
Arthure Lord Forbes sall content & pay to … William Bischop of Abirden the secund tend of the landis of Drumvnare … becaus the kirk of Abirden is feft of the tent penny of ald of all wardis & relevis, of the saidis landis nochtwithstanding the entre of the said Lord Forbes as blanche ferme
1491 Acta Aud. 159/2. 1494 Acta Aud. 184/1.
& to distrenȝe for the said soumez reseruand the secund teynd to the Bischop of Abirden
1497–8 Acta Conc. II 130.
It was allegit … that the landis and baronry of Petslego war haldin of the kingis hienes in blanchferme and tharefore aucht na secund teyndis to the sade reverend fader
c1575 Balfour Pract. 145.
Ane bischop or uther ecclesiasticall persoun, being infeft in the secund teindis of ony landis, haldin be service of ward and releif, to wit the tent penie of all wardis and releifis, gif ony of the saidis landis be efterwart disponit, to be haldin in blanche ferme, the same sall not prejudge the said bischop, or uther ecclesiasticall persoun, of the tent penie, to be tane up of the saidis landis
1581 Acts III 264/2.
Secundas decimas vulgo lie secound teyndis de Kinfanys Segyden et lie Kirkstyill [appar. formerly of the Abbey of Scone]

b. Secund terce, a lesser terce, a terce or third part of the two-thirds of a deceased husband's heritable estate not already burdened with a prior or ‘great’ terce. Also, secund lady of terce (of a particular estate), a woman who is entitled to a second terce of certain lands. Erskine The Principles of the Law of Scotland (1754) II 219. 'Where a terce is due out of lands burdened with a prior terce still subsisting, the second tercer has only right to a third of the two thirds that remain unaffected by the first terce; but upon the death of the first widow, whereby the lands are disburdened of her terce, the lesser terce becomes enlarged, as if the first had never existed'. c1575 Balfour Pract. 110.
The lady of the secund tierce may crave na tierce of ony thing that pertenis to the lady of the greit tierce, induring hir lifetime. Attour, gif ony man deceis vest and seisit in ony landis, leivand behind him ane lauchfull wife, efter his deceis his sone happinis to die, leivand in like maner ane lauchfull wife behind him, the first manis wife sall have the greit tierce of the saidis landis, and the secund tierce thairof allanerlie pertenis to the sonis wife
1581 Prot. Bk. W. Cumming 269b.
Robert Fraser arrestit the said fyschis … in name of the said nobill lord and ladé in hyr secund terce of Kylnerak
1519 Fife Sheriff Ct. 146.
The actione … perseuit be Margrete Sinclare auld Lady of Balmowtho aganis Alisoune Sandilandis secund Lady of terce of Balmowtho

6. adv. Secondly; next. c1450-2 Howlat 352 (B).
Syne in a feild of siluer secound he beiris Ane egill ardent [marg. 1 paipis armes. 2 Emprioris armes]
c1450-2 Howlat 586 (A).
Secund syne … thre coddis I kend
c1515 Asl. MS I 201/19.
Willam the Ros the secund begottin son

B. noun.

1. absol. as noun. The next one after the first (cf. Secund adj. 1 above); the second day (of a month).(1) 1549 Compl. 70/22.
The sycond of hyr sonnis vas sittand in ane chair
(2) 1547 Corr. M. Lorraine 183.
Monunday the sycund of Maye
1588 Aberd. Council Lett. I 41.
The second of Aprile
1611 M. Works Acc. (ed.) I 340.

2. a. Secunds (in degreis of consanguinitie) (also, of kin): Persons related within the second degree of consanguinity (according to canonical computation) (to another). b. Secund (secundis) and thirds (once, thrid and secundis (of kin) (to or with another), related at two and three removes respectively from a common ancestor. ‘The second Act, c. 15 (A.P.S., iii. 26, c. 16), made lawful the marriage of persons in the second degree (by canonical computation) of consanguinity or affinity, and those of more distant degree, so far as this did not conflict with God’s law. The last clause was necessary to exclude ascendants and descendants, and also uncle-niece and nephew-aunt relationships, which are within the second canonical degree.'Introduction to Scottish Legal History (St. S., 1958) 93.See also: Bell' s Dictionary and Digest of the Law of Scotland (1890), s.v. Kindred, Erskine, Principles of the Laws of Scotland (1754) 63, and Erskine An Institute of the Law of Scotland in the order of Sir G. Mackenzie's Institutions of that Law (1773) 86–7.a. 1567 Acts III 26/1.
Our souerane lord … hes statute … that secundis in degreis of consanguinitie and affinitie and all degreis outwith the samin … may lauchfullie marie at all tymes
1626 Justiciary Cases I 48.
It is laufull that secundis in degreis of consanguinitie and affinite and all degreis outuith the same contenit in the word of God and nocht repugnant thairto may be conioyned in mariage
a1633 Hope Major Pract. II 268.
George Jhonstoun, and Hendrie Elder, who wer secunds of kin to the persewars
b. 1582 Reg. Privy C. III 481.
Gilbert Menȝeis … , Robert Menȝeis, … his brother … David Menȝeis [etc.] … brethir barnes, Alexander Culane, sister sone … , Alexander Chalmer, second and thriddis of kin to him
1583 Reg. Privy C. III 622.
The saides Walter and Thomas Turnebillis, quha and he ar secundes and thriddes of kin
1584 Aberd. Sheriff Ct. I 318.
Dame Elspet Keyth guddame to our said cousing [sc. the Earl of Huntly] beand the third and Isobell Keyth hir sister beand the said Wms mother the secund and sua our said cousing and the said Wm. in consanguinitie ar nist secundis and thirds
1596–7 Crim. Trials II 12.
And the kin and freindis of William Home of Coldounknowis, quha is secund and thirdis with the said Laird of Cesfurd
1596–7 Crim. Trials II 13. 16.. Hist. Kennedy 63.
Me lord and he was thrid and secundis of kinne

3. To have no second, to be without match, to be matchless: Cf. second to none, A 2 (1) above. 1572 Buch. Detect. (1727) 124.
Him that hes nane in wit, in manheid, In bewtie, [etc.] … Ony second

4. In Scottish Troy weight for gold and silver: The 24th part of a prime, or 576th part of a grain. c1650 Cochran-Patrick Coinage I lxvi.
Everie deniere being subdivided into 24 graines; everie graine into 24 prymes, everie pryme into 24 seconds, seconds into 24 thirds [etc.]
1663 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. I 451.
The weight of the merk peice to be fyve deneirs sex graines tuentie ane prymes tuelve seconds [and] … of the half merk peice to be two deneirs fyftein granes ten prymes eightein seconds
1686 Acts VIII 604/2.
The denominationes of weights used in the Mint, of deniers, graines, prymes and seconds

5. One who is second in importance to the main holder of an office; a deputy. 1668 Laing MSS 371.
Wee have now at this tyme sex churchs and two ministers in each church, sex whereof wee call first ministers and sex seconds

6. One who serves as backer or supporter of another; also ? fig., of a thing.(1) 1526 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 80.
The said James … askit xv day to seyk Gyrald Rychesone his varand as sacound
1628 Rutherford Lett. (1894) 34.
O blessed second who suffereth with you
1637 Rutherford Lett. (1894) 193.
My second is kind and able to help
1637 Rutherford Lett. (1894) 487.
He [sc. Christ] is my second in prison
1678 Mackenzie Laws & C. i xii 3 (1678) 142.
It is likewise a great offence against our friends, since it drawes them, though innocent, into the same snare, as seconds, assisters, and revengers
(2) 1632 Lithgow Trav. viii 355.
But the gold was my best second, which … was my continuall vade mecum

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