Both Uses of
descry
in
The Fellowship of the Ring
- To the east the outflung arm of the mountains marched to a sudden end, and far lands could be descried beyond them, wide and vague.†
Chpt 2.6 *descried = saw
- Later as the sun was setting, and the Company was stirring and getting ready to start again, he descried a dark spot against the fading light: a great bird high and far off, now wheeling, now flying on slowly southwards.†
Chpt 2.9
Definition:
catch sight of