douce

• The Indians and Frenchers of the north shore call him Eau-douce, on account of his gifts in this particular. —  Pathfinder; or, the inland sea
• Eau-douce, as we call him, is so fond of the water, that he gathered a damp stick or two for our fire; and wet will bring dark smoke, as I suppose even you followers of the sea must know. —  Pathfinder; or, the inland sea
• Not a syllable of the discourse just related had she heard; for Eau-douce, as young Jasper was oftener called than anything else, had been filling her ears with a description of the yet distant part towards which she was journeying, with accounts of her father, whom she had not seen since a child, and with the manner of life of those who lived in the frontier garrisons. —  Pathfinder; or, the inland sea
• Now I can consort with such a sailor as yourself, Eau-douce, and find nothing very contrary in our gifts, though yours belong to the lakes and mine to the woods. —  Pathfinder; or, the inland sea
• Sheer in, Eau-douce, and we will land the Sergeant's daughter on the end of that log, where she can reach the shore with a dry foot The injunction was obeyed, and in a few minutes the whole party had left the canoe, with the exception of Pathfinder and the two sailors. —  Pathfinder; or, the inland sea

Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms

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