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- noun Plural form of
Biscayan .
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Examples
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Biscayans taught them to the Phrygians, or the Phrygians to the
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But why might not the Biscayans name the Brahmins from the word bran? which expresses — I will not say what.
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Turning to the whaling industry, Jefferson noted that Americans did not enter it until 1715, although he credited the Biscayans and Basques of
The Bounty of the Chesapeake Fishing in Colonial Virginia James Wharton
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The Biscayans followed Gomez but later gave way to the French fishermen, who followed down the chain of banks extending southward from the Grand
Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine Walter H. Rich
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Historians, in general, have given to the Biscayans the credit of having first practiced the fishery for the Whale; the English, and afterwards the Dutch are supposed to have followed in the pursuit.
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And touching the ore, I have sent it aboard, whereof I would have no speech to be made so long as we remain within harbour; here being both Portugals, Biscayans, and Frenchmen, not far off, from whom must be kept any bruit or muttering of such matter.
Sir Humphrey Gilbert's Voyage to Newfoundland Edward Hayes
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Behind him, crowning the heights, loomed the brown castle built by Gaston Phoebus, Count of Foix, two hundred years ago, and the Tower of Montauzet, its walls scarred by the shots of the rebellious Biscayans.
The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series Rafael Sabatini 1912
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And touching the ore, I have sent it aboard, whereof I would have no speech to be made so long as we remain within harbour; here being both Portugals, Biscayans, and Frenchmen, not far off, from whom must be kept any bruit or muttering of such matter.
Sir Humphrey Gilberts Voyage to Newfoundland. Paras. 50-83 1909
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I have seen it but I would have no speech made of it in harbor; for the Portuguese and {28} Biscayans and French might learn of it.
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Sunday, August 4, the next day after entering, Biscayans and French and
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