10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STOCCADO»
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stoccado in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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in that fort, and proceed with the remaining 30 to some convenient place about
half way between that fort and Fort [Henry] at Tolihaio, and there to erect a
stoccado of about 40 foot square, where he is to leave 20 men under a
commissioned ...
Samuel Hazard, John Blair Linn, William Henry Egle, 1856
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Every Man in His Humour: Quarto Version
Come hither, you shall challenge him. I'll show you a trick or two; you shall kill
him at pleasure, the first 185 stoccado, if you will, by this air. 166. o'] Q (a). 186.
stoccado] Q (stockado). 165. malt-horse] a heavy kind of horse used in making
malt; ...
Ben Jonson, Robert S. Miola, 2000
I have orderd Cap". Christian Busse with a company of fifty men in the pay of this
Province, to proceed to the Gap at Tolihaio, and there to erect a stoccado fort of
the form and dimensions given him, and to take posts there, and range the woods
...
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An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
STOCCADO, STOCCATA, a thrust in fencing. (ltal. — Teut.) Stoccado, Merry
Wives, ii. I. 234. Stoccala, Romeo, iii. I. 77. Stoccado is an accommodated form,
prob. from MF. estoccade, with the same sense, with a final 0 to imitate Spanish ;
cf.
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Words in Dictionaries and History: Essays in Honour of R.W. ...
An earlier use of stoccado in a figu‐rative context occurs in Thomas Wilson's A
discourse uppon usurye: I haue neede of money, and deale wyth a broaker, ...
askyng what he thinketh willbe my losse, he aunswereth, not paste twelue
pounde in ...
Olga Timofeeva, Tanja Säily, 2011
Napoleon formed the design of constructing an immense stoccado, consisting of
a series of large piles deeply set, which, instead of cutting the water
perpendicularly, should do so obliquely to give less hold to the force of the
current. This work ...
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Sir Edward Seaward's Narrative of His Shipwreck, and ...
About five o'clock Craig arrived with his detachment, and ninety-nine prisoners,
who were marched up to the stoccado just as the others were coming back from
the cocoanut grove. The whole number being now mustered, amounted to one ...
Jane Porter, William Ogilvie Porter, 1832
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Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary
Stith (Ffstyth, Qq stithy ) anvil: asfoul as Vulcan' s s. Hml. III, 2, 89. Stithy, subst.
smithy: Hml.III,2,89 (Ff styth ). Stithy, vb.to form onan anvil, toforge: bythe forge
that— ed Mars his helm, Troil. IV, 5, 255. Stoccado, a thrust in fencing: your
passes, ...
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Sir Edward Seaward's Narrative of His Shipwreck: And ...
All the buildings stood secure ; but the stoccado of the poultry-yard was blown
down, and part of it carried to a considerable distance, and some of the poultry
killed. Early in the day we were visited by Captain Drake, who reported all well at
...
Jane Porter, William Ogilvie Porter, 1831
Said il Magnifico Pulling a fico, — With a stoccado And a gambado Making a wry
Face: 'This corraceous Round orchidaceous Laceous porraceous Fruit is a lie! It
is my friend King Pharaoh's head That nodding blew out of the Pyramid .
