Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as xebec.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Naut.) See xebec.

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  • noun Alternative spelling of xebec.

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Examples

  • House of Commons and the Admiralty — Author attempting to cut out a Spanish zebec, is taken prisoner — His pleasant experiences while in captivity — At last released.

    A Sailor of King George Frederick Hoffman

  • We were taken possession of by the _Gros Souris_, a Spanish zebec with a long eighteen-pounder and seventy-five men.

    A Sailor of King George Frederick Hoffman

  • One of them gave us notice of a Mexican armed zebec ready to sail with treasure from Mexico for the Havannah.

    A Sailor of King George Frederick Hoffman

  • The other vessels were a three-masted zebec with an English sloop which she had captured and

    A Sailor of King George Frederick Hoffman

  • On the 9th of June, the _Speedy_ and another little vessel had a nine hours 'fight, first with a Spanish zebec and three gunboats, and afterwards with a felucco and two more gunboats which came to their aid, which were only allowed to escape when the

    The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. II Thomas Barnes Cochrane Dundonald 1873

  • Visit to a Jamaican plantation — Condition of the slaves — A growl against the House of Commons and the Admiralty — Author attempting to cut out a Spanish zebec, is taken prisoner — His pleasant experiences while in captivity — At last released.

    A Sailor of King George Frederick Hoffman

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    Popularity in the 21st Century barbylon 2004

  • Alas, when but one day from happiness, a Moorish zebec -- "

    Janice Meredith Paul Leicester Ford 1883

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