An old preterit of find.

To seek (to do a thing); try; endeavor: followed by an infinitive.

To prove; test; examine.

To tempt; entice (to do evil).

imp. of find.

verb. simple past of find.

verb. To seek (to do a thing); try; attempt; endeavour; make a shift.

verb. To test; examine; make a trial of; prove.

verb. To put someone through a trial; test; tempt; entice.

"The bottom of the Mobille confifts ofi a black clay; that of the fouth-eaft branch of the Miffif - lippi of a whitifh clay with a fmall mixture of fine •fand; and that at the fea mark is likewife of a whitifh clay, but entirely def - titute of fand."

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