10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COCKBOAT»
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A Dictionary Of The English Language: In Which The Words are ...
It has struck on a sudden into such a reputation, that it scorns . 2. One that rows a
cockboat. ._ Some leviathan, Haply_slumb'ring on the Norway foam, The pilot.
from being a simple szrutator, an arch[f jurrsdrction more amply. Aysff. rom crutin'.
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First Contact: Tasman’s Arrival in Taitapu, 1642
The Zeehaen's skipper sent his cockboat back to his vessel to warn the second
mates to be on their guard, and not to allow too many visitors on board. Just as
the cockboat left the Zeehaen on its return trip, the crew of the canoe near the ...
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New and Enlarged Dictionary of the English Language: The ...
Scull, skull, n. i. the bone which incases and defends the brain, the arched bone
of the head ; a small boat, a cockboat (see Sculler); one who rows a cockboat ;
what rows a cockboat ; the oars which row a sculler ; (in Milton's style, a shoal or
...
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My Father's Islands: Abel Tasman's Heroic Voyages
'Just as the cockboat put off again,' he continued, 'the natives in the prow in front
of the Heemskerck suddenly began to paddle furiously towards it. With the stem
of their prow they struck it with such force that the cockboat lurched violently.
Christobel Mattingley,
2012
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A Dictionary of the English Language, Containing the ...
(Ic. sfeiofa) a small boat; a cockboat ; one who rows a cockboat. BcollVr. n. a
cockboat; one who rows a cockboat. Scull, iu (S. sceol) a shoal of fish. ScuH'or-y,
n. (Fr. ieuelle) a place in which dishes are cleaned and kept. ScoU'ion, n. a
servant ...
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A dictionary of the English language
Scull, ra.de. skiola) a small boat; a cockboat ; one who rows a cockboat. ScGlI'er,
»- a cockboat ; one who rows a cockboat. Scull, ». (S. sceol) a shoal of fish. Scull'
er-y, ra. (Fr. fauelle) a place in which dishes are cleaned and kept. Scull'ion, n.
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A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the ...
I. The bone which incases and defends the brain, the arched bone of the head ; a
small boat, a cockboat ; one who rows a cockboat ; a shoal of lish. SCULLCAP,
sk&l'kip. ». A headpiece. SCULLER, sknl'lur. «. 98. A cockboat, a boat t in which ...
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Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All
The Zeehaen's skipper, who is on board the Heemskerck, grows nervous about
having left his crew unsupervised and sends his quartermaster, Cornells Joppen,
back in the cockboat with instructions to the junior officers to be on their guard.
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Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopædia, by J.M. Good, O. ...
A small boat ; a cockboat. 3. One who rows a cockboat (Fludiiras). 4. A shoal
offish (Milton). SCU'LLCAP. s. (scull and cap.) 1 A head- piece. 2. A nightcap.
Scullcaf, in botany. See Scutellaria. SCU'LLER. s. 1. A cockboat j a boat in which
there ...
John Mason Good, Olinthus Gilbert Gregory,
1819
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A dictionary of the English language. Abstracted from the ...
[from ftulk.] A lurker; »" that hides himself for shame or mischief. SCULL. /. [/Lota,
Istandick.] 1. The bone which incases and defend! the brain ; the arched bone of
the head. Stff- 2. A small boat; a cockboat. 3 . One who rows a cockboat. Hudik't-
...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COCKBOAT»
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President James Monroe writes to Thomas Jefferson, Oct. 17, 1823
7 Cabinet meeting, “as well as more dignified, to avow our principles explicitly to Russia and France, than to come in as a cockboat in the wake ... «Politico, Oct 11»
TWE Remembers: The Monroe Doctrine
As Adams put it, the United States would be better off acting alone than “to come in as a cockboat in the wake of the British man-of-war.”. «Council on Foreign Relations, Dec 10»