Type of Mediterranean sailing ship.
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Examples for "xebec "
Examples for "xebec "
1 When the xebec 's fires died down, darkness settled on us like a cap.
2 While it lasted, no boat could push out from the xebec without our perceiving it.
3 He had received a wound in the right hand, when on board the xebec 'Cerf'.
4 I fancy the xebec is the fastest, sir.
5 The xebec , no doubt, is a coast trader.
1 There was still time before the chebeck 's crew discovered what was happening.
2 The nearest chebeck seemed to stagger, as if it had struck a reef.
3 Another chebeck , perhaps two, were using the change of wind which had delayed his attack.
4 The same man who had helped to blow up a chebeck with his bare hands.
5 And then he saw the chebeck .
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