Examples
“The galliot is the feet and hands of these islands, and that which serves as a caracoa; for, glory be to God, the Meldicas [_sic; sc. _ mestizos] and native Christians are wanting to me.”
“On the morning of the 10th, a Russian galliot, from Okotzk, was towed into the harbour.”
Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook
“From the galliot, our navigators got a small quantity of pitch, tar, cordage, and twine, and a hundred and forty skins of flour, containing 13,782 lbs. English.”
Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook
“Moreover we were afraid of meeting on that course one of the galliots that usually come with goods from Tetuan; although each of us for himself and all of us together felt confident that, if we were to meet a merchant galliot, so that it were not a cruiser, not only should we not be lost, but that we should take a vessel in which we could more safely accomplish our voyage.”
“Besides, such is the breadth of the upper part of the front of his head, and such the tapering cut-water formation of the lower part, that by obliquely elevating his head, he thereby may be said to transform himself from a bluff-bowed sluggish galliot into a sharppointed New”
“Rumors were circulating that a small galliot had arrived from down-gulf, bringing news of the blockading fleets.”
“By the time anyone else came in, Marco was at his desk, copying the inventories from the galliot Albiona into the appropriate books.”
“She had it easier than the galliot captain, however.”
“They supposed he was bringing cargo in his galliot from Wilhelmshaven, all the company's plant and stores coming from that port.”
“So did the galliot we had seen last night, but we again missed identifying her, as she weighed anchor before we came up to her berth.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘galliot’.
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phrontistery - g
from phrontistery.info
gynaecology, gynaecomania, gyromancy, gyrograph, gyve, gyrus, gyron, gynaecocracy, gyrose, gynics, gutturotetany, gymnophobia and 439 more...
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Out to Sea
If I had a boat
I'd go out on the ocean
And if I had a pony
I'd ride him on my boat
And we could all together
Go out on the ocean
Me upon my pony on my boat.boat, ship, skiff, barge, canoe, catamaran, yacht, scow, lifeboat, launch, ketch, dory and 303 more...
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The Aubrey/Maturin List I'm Gonna Mak...
I'm wading through Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels one by one, and someday, I'll wade through them again and list all the words I learned while reading them.
Edit: I started ma...studdingsail, carronade, mumchance, grumlin-futtocks, crosscat-harpings, holystone, sennit, orlop, orchitis, negus, kevel, altumal and 1112 more...
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The Whiteness of the Whale
Words in Melville's "Moby Dick"
grapnels, spile, pea coffee, farrago, grego, bosky, bombazine, brevet, cenotaph, cupidity, kelson, obliquity and 164 more...
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Moby-Dick
Interesting words and usages.
hypo, spile, hunks, grapnel, squitchy, skrimshander, monkey jacket, direful, grego, wrapall, dreadnaught, bosky and 158 more...
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End in -ot
Just what it says. Words that end in -ot.
wainscot, ascot, marmot, jot, ocelot, spot, blot, scot, lot, shot, dot, snot and 219 more...
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Banville
focaria, gule, strabismal, oneiric, porphyry, imbricate, haruspex, velleities, brumous, flensing, scarp, plumbeous and 14 more...
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Dutchly things
Words having some sort of Dutch origin, probably boring to everyone but me — I'm currently browsing 2,422 entries having "Dutch" in their definitions/etymologies, the best of which should fin...
mynheerify, mynheer, advocaat, dutch bargain, blauwbok, butter-box, quardeel, clinquant, closh, coot, dodkin, dorp and 85 more...
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Moby Dick
A list of words from the book Moby Dick.
apoplexy, festooned, legerdemain, somnambulistic, peremptorily, swart, rapscallions, exordium, inculcating, bivouacks, vacuity, monomaniac and 28 more...
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madmouth A bit more from Moby Dick (on the anatomy of the sperm whale):
...by oliquely elevating his head, he thereby may be said to transform himself from a bluff-bowed sluggish galliot into a sharp-pointed New York pilot boat. (ch. 61) Jun 12, 2009
yarb "You may have seen many a quaint craft in your day, for aught I know;--square-toed luggers; mountainous Japanese junks; butter-box galliots, and what not..."
- Melville, Moby-Dick, ch. 16 Jul 23, 2008
chained_bear See bilander for a usage note. Feb 27, 2008
reesetee The more suggestions, the better! And who's to say one "nautical" list is better or definitive, anyway? I usually enjoy seeing more than one Wordie post a list on the same topic or theme. The differences and similarities in choices can be very interesting. :-)
You might also consider a "series" of nautical lists, and break down the subject any which way you choose. Just a thought.... Oct 29, 2007
chained_bear Well, I thought about a nautical terms list, which could include words other than types of sailing vessels, but it seems like it would go on forever, if it were to be comprehensive! Limiting to vessels is one way to keep it within reason and not break Wordie.
But I'm glad someone else is doing all that work and I can just chuck in ideas here and there. :)
I put some suggestions directly on that list, actually. Hope you don't mind. Oct 29, 2007
reesetee Are you referring to lists here on Wordie or elsewhere? My Out to Sea list is intended to be a list of boats--but I'm still playing with it. (It's great fun reading about the zillion types of watercraft, historical and current.) If you've found any great ones elsewhere, 'fess up! ;-) Oct 29, 2007
chained_bear Cool! Another word to pillage for my -ot list. Pretty word, too.
Hey... does anyone know of a list of different types of boats and ships? I cannot fathom (OH! BAD PUN!) how long such a list would end up being. It would still be shorter than a list of nautical terms, though--if it were limited to types of vessels.
Edit: I just found about five such lists. Duh... Oct 28, 2007