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- noun a stone
bulwark , forming ahaven orharbour ; abreakwater
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Examples
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On the molehead the effect of the British fire was terrible; the people with whom it was crowded were swept away by the fire of the _Queen
Charles Philip Yorke, Fourth Earl of Hardwicke, Vice-Admiral R.N. — a Memoir Lady Biddulph of Ledbury
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Now and then he climbed up on the molehead, put the megaphone to his mouth, and roared out over the water:
Pelle the Conqueror — Complete Martin Andersen Nex�� 1911
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Now and then he climbed up on the molehead, put the megaphone to his mouth, and roared out over the water:
Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 01 Martin Andersen Nex�� 1911
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On the molehead the effect of the British fire was terrible; the people with whom it was crowded were swept away by the fire of the
Charles Philip Yorke, Fourth Earl of Hardwicke, Vice-Admiral R.N. Ledbury, Lady Bidulph of 1910
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On the sea wall of the town were nine batteries; two at the southern extremity; then the Fish-market battery in three tiers, bearing three hundred yards west of the molehead; three between the Fish-market and the gate leading to the mole; one over this gate; and two on the wall beyond it.
The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth Osler, Edward, 1798-1863 1854
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