caique

• Barques, yawls, packet boats, gigarettes, freighters, cabin cruisers, sampans, windjammers and luxury liners; Turkish tchektirme, Greek sacoleva, Venetian trabaccolo, Levantine caique, and the German U-1065 pigboat alleged to have been sunk by R.A.F. Mosquitos in the Kattegat. —  F ;SF - vol 090 issue 03 - March 1996
• Adair received him on board in a very kind way, and Desmond acted the part of a true friend by listening to all he had to say--though he avoided giving him any encouragement, and when Tom declared his intention of making his escape in the first caique which came alongside, he warned him that he could not possibly succeed Next morning the Gleam steamed away down the Bosphorus. —  The Three Commanders
• The sneaking caique, manned by accomplished emissaries handling muffled oars, was rowed through the anchorage in advance, and for the purpose of finding out the most vulnerable object of attack. —  The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century
• An anchor, for instance, would be hanging to the rail of the topgallant forecastle, or the cathead, and, as the caique came dropping down with the current, if they drifted her under the bow, the stopper and shankpainter was let go simultaneously, and the anchor landed on their heads and then through the bottom of the boat. —  The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century
• The caique is narrow and sharp as a canoe, painted white, with a gold border on the gunwale. —  From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People

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