Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A pitch common in the Bay of Honduras and there used to paint vessels' bottoms as a protection against marine worms.
Etymologies
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Examples
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On the way, they visited all the sandy bays of the coast to look for "munjack," "a sort of Pitch or Bitumen which we find in Lumps."
On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien.
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