Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Pertaining to the Larinæ, or having their characters.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Of or pertaining to the Gull family (
Laridæ ).
Examples
“Also one Say and 20 estiues make a larine, which is of Aleppo money 6 medines and a halfe.”
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
“You will have a pit larine and outdoor bath facilities, and you will fetch your water from a village water source.”
“It is easy to see the beginning of things, and harder to see the ends.”
“The larine is worth 5 sadines and one fourth part, so that the sadine is worth of Aleppo mony 1 medine and 1 fourth part, and the larine as in Balsara worth of Aleppo mony 6 medines and a half.”
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
“I bought many salted kine as provision for the ship at half a _larine_ each, being all excellent meat and very fat, and four wild hogs ready dressed for a larine.”
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07
“The larine is worth about twelve shillings and sixpence.”
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07
“OW 1868-1885 OW larine gull OW tringine sandpiper OW meleagrine turkey W trochilidine humming - milvine kite 1727-1842 bird 1885 OW OW trochiline humming - nestorine kea, kaka W bird W phasianine pheasant turdine thrush 1890 1868”
“[Footnote 169: From this explanation, the _mahmoody_ and larine may be assumed as worth one shilling; the _pice_ as equal to a farthing and a half, and the dram at about 1-10th of a farthing.”
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