Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Russian boat, long, flat-bottomed, and propelled by oars, but in some forms provided with a deck and a mast.
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Examples
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According to these the _lodja_ was klinker-built, with boards not riveted together but bound fast with willows, as is still occasionally practised in these regions.
The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Alexander Leslie 1866
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They there met with a Russian _lodja_, whose captain stated that he believed, after hearsay, that the Vaygats
The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Alexander Leslie 1866
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Three vessels were employed, viz., a "carbasse" manned by ten men, including the Commander-lieutenant in the corps of mates Pachtussov, who in previous voyages with Ivanov had become well acquainted with land and people along the coasts of the Polar Sea; [167] the schooner _Yenisej_ under Lieutenat KROTOV with ten men; and a hunting _lodja_ commanded by the hunting mate GWOSDAREV.
The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Alexander Leslie 1866
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Of the two other vessels that sailed from Archangel at the same time as Pachtussov's, the _lodja_ returned heavily laden with the spoils of the chase, but on the other hand nothing was ever heard of the
The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Alexander Leslie 1866
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