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  Dictionary.com/Word of the Day: errant
Moving aimlessly or irregularly; as, an errant breeze.
Conformity was the rule, and one young mother, imploring Peabody not to expel her errant son because he was a "very unusual" boy, heard the stony response: "Groton, madam, is no place for the unusual boy."
Errant comes from Middle French errer, "to travel," from Late Latin iterare, from Latin iter, "a journey"; confused somewhat with Latin errare, "to wander; to err."
dictionary.reference.com /wordoftheday/archive/2004/07/07.html   (158 words)

  
 The Mavens' Word of the Day   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The first use of errant and, therefore, of knight errant, is found in the romance Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, written by an unknown author late in the 14th century.
Errant has another meaning in English, however: it can also mean 'deviating from the proper course' or 'erring'.
There is an 1870 painting called "The Knight Errant" by John Everett Millais that portrays an armored knight using his sword to cut the bonds of a naked woman who had been tied to a tree by some arrant knave.
www.randomhouse.com /wotd/index.pperl?date=20010328   (575 words)

  
 Errant Story - "No, I'm not wearing underwear today. Not that you probably care much about my underwear, still ...
For the curious, Errant Story Volume Two is only 150 more pre-orders away from going to print, but will have to go to print by November 15 if you want to have your books in time for Christmas...
The good news is that judging by the sales of Errant Story, Volume 1, there is sufficient demand for the book to justify creating it at all.
The bad news is that we need 750 to 800 pre-orders to cover costs, and at last count we had only 33, with less than a month to get the remaining 700+ pre-orders in if we want to be able to print the books in a timely way.
www.errantstory.com   (3944 words)

  
 Errant - The Surf Holiday Company. International Surf Holidays with Errant   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Errant is the only UK company solely dedicated to creating and delivering amazing international surf trips.
Errant know better than anyone that location, friendly service and value for money are the key ingredients of the perfect, hassle free, surf holiday.
Feel free to e-mail ERRANT or call our UK office on +44 (0) 1637 87 67 65 to talk about your holiday.
www.errantsurf.com   (201 words)

  
 errant bodies | main   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Based in Copenhagen and Los Angeles, Errant Bodies has been publishing books and CDs on sound, auditory issues, spatial arts and design, and cultures of experimental audio and art since 1995.
In addition, Errant Bodies aims to remain sensitive to the specifics of location and the co-productive details born from cultural work and its place through site-based research and projects.
Errant Bodies Records announces its first two releases, featuring post-conceptualist Jarrod Fowler, and sound and image collaborations of Ivan Palacky and VJ Vera Lukasova from the Czech Republic.
www.errantbodies.org /main.html   (153 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Errant Knight: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Errant Knight is a profound and deftly written fantasy story by Ann Tompert of a knight loyal in his duty to his king.
The reluctant warrior wants to resist becoming an "errant knight" who serves others outside the king's command, yet his compassion is too strong to deny those who need him the most.
So, since he was concerned about being an errant knight (disobedient, undisciplined), he was conflicted between what he thought was his duty to his King and his sympathy for strangers.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/097019076X?v=glance   (1108 words)

  
 § 34. arrant / errant. 3. Word Choice. The American Heritage Book of English Usage. 1996
Arrant was once a variant spelling of errant, which meant and still means “wandering.” Thus an errant (or an arrant) thief was a bandit who roved the countryside.
It was not a far stretch from this use to the meaning “notorious, outright, thoroughgoing,” which is the meaning that arrant developed and kept.
Now if you wander and rove, you can only be errant.
www.bartleby.com /64/C003/034.html   (166 words)

  
 Naiad Errant
Naiad Errant (adventurous water-nymph) was an unusual choice of name for the prototype of William Osborne’s ‘Swallow Senior’ class.
Palmer never saw his other charge, the Westerly, again but in fact at about 1430 she was on fire and her crew were rescued by Sundowner who had left Ramsgate at 1000 and was on her way to make her mammoth and famous pick-up from the East Mole.
The second cause for Naiad's fame was the fact that she was then painted grey all over and used as an Armed Patrol Vessel in the Harwich area.
www.adls.org.uk /shipinfo.cfm   (1570 words)

  
 Knight Errant Design
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Knight Errant Design offers a broad range of secure, scalable, manageable, and reliable end-to-end solutions, they include:
We stand by our products and services, and offer ongoing support services to keep your business solution running at peak performance and efficiently day or night.
www.knighterrant.com   (214 words)

  
 Cariadoc's Miscellany: Peers Errant
Consider the knight errant of the romances, the figure on whom our image of the knight is chiefly based.
He is not someone who has received orders from the Minister of Giant Killing to go out, kill a giant, and send back a report in triplicate.
A kingdom, a Barony, a Shire flourishes or fades by the number of its people who see themselves as having the job of finding things that need doing and doing them.
www.pbm.com /~lindahl/cariadoc/peers_errant.html   (1016 words)

  
 errant - OneLook Dictionary Search
Errant : Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
Phrases that include errant: knight errant, knights errant, animal errant, errant damsel
Words similar to errant: errantly, erring, error-prone, deviant, stray, straying, more...
www.onelook.com /?w=errant   (213 words)

  
 The Scientist Errant
Writing The Scientist Errant is a lot of fun, but I’m not sure it’s the best possible career move.
Despite the disclaimers and explanations, plenty of people confuse “errant” with “erroneous.” (To reiterate material from my very first column, back in November, 2004: the word “errant” is related to “errand” and “itinerary.”) Another dangerous label to apply to oneself is “contrarian.”
Barbara McClintock and JBS Haldane (whom I wrote about a couple of months ago) were both geneticists, and in my opinion they were both first-rate Scientists Errant.
errant.scienceboard.net   (3260 words)

  
 Errant Bears   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Errant Bears reside in Nyora, a sleepy little town in the South Gippsland region of
Errant Bears have become award winners including 3 "Best In Show" at various shows in
Errant Bears have travelled far & wide to locations all over the world & currently live in the
www.errantbears.com.au   (271 words)

  
 ESRI Home
The Errancy of Silence A debate between Rev. Dr.
Greg Neal and AOL hyper-skeptic atheist apologist Achrachne regarding the errant use of silence by hyper-skeptic G.A. Wells.
Hate A debate between Rev Dr Greg Neal and AOL hyper-skeptic SnakePiper on the meaning of the Greek word Miseo in Luke 14:26.
www.errantskeptics.org   (1250 words)

  
 Knight - Errant & Associates - Small Business Solutions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
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Knight - Errant and Associates offers a full range of business services to small businesses and self employed individuals.
We offer accounting services, which include individual tax preparation, full charge bookkeeping, consulting on accounting software and systems, software setup and training.
www.knight-errant.info   (426 words)

  
 knight errant - OneLook Dictionary Search
We found 17 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word knight errant:
Tip: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "knight errant" is defined.
knight errant : Compact Oxford English Dictionary [home, info]
www.onelook.com /?w=knight+errant   (154 words)

  
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