Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A ship of war rated as carrying 74 guns; a 74-gun ship.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Naut.) A naval vessel carrying seventy-four guns.
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- noun The
cardinal number immediately followingseventy-three and precedingseventy-five . - noun historical A
ship having seventy-fourguns .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective being four more than seventy
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Both Scalia and Kennedy will be seventy-four in 2010.
The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010
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Illustrator John Schoenherr died on April 8 at the age of seventy-four.
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Illustrator John Schoenherr died on April 8 at the age of seventy-four.
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Illustrator John Schoenherr died on April 8 at the age of seventy-four.
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Illustrator John Schoenherr died on April 8 at the age of seventy-four.
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Illustrator John Schoenherr died on April 8 at the age of seventy-four.
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The old roystering crowd was there, and, as of old, three frost-bitten sailors were there, fresh from the long traverse from the Arctic, survivors of a ship's company of seventy-four.
The Wit of Porportuk 2010
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Illustrator John Schoenherr died on April 8 at the age of seventy-four.
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Illustrator John Schoenherr died on April 8 at the age of seventy-four.
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Illustrator John Schoenherr died on April 8 at the age of seventy-four.
reesetee commented on the word seventy-four
A type of two-decked sailing ship-of-the-line nominally carrying 74 guns. Originally developed by the French Navy in the mid-18th century, the design proved to be a good balance between firepower and sailing qualities, and was adopted by the British Royal Navy (where it was classified as third-rate). Seventy-fours were a mainstay of world fleets into the early 19th century; they were supplanted by larger vessels built with improved construction techniques and by the introduction of steam power.
February 5, 2008