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Example sentences for "galliot"

Lexicographically close words:
gallinago; gallinazo; galling; gallinule; gallions; galliots; gallipot; gallipots; gallium; gallivanting
  1. And what makes them more reasonable is, that three days ago I took a fort at the place where I have the galliot from Vutil.

  2. The principal galliot he manned with a crew of Chinese, who killed him.

  3. The three soldiers who were posted on the galliot which was at Vutil conspired and took the small boat and fled.

  4. I circled about the fort with the galley, fighting with a good deal of skirmishing, and the galliot doing the same on the other side, so that we had the fort between us.

  5. The galliot continued its course to the fortress of Curupa about sixty leagues above Para.

  6. Hearing by this means of the approach of Madame Godin, I left Oyapok on board a galliot belonging to me, in view of meeting her; and, on the fourth day of my departure, fell in with her vessel opposite to Mayacare.

  7. The galliot can land Argyle somewhere on the coast.

  8. Tell Stendhal to send Out a galliot to take Argyle off the schooner while at sea.

  9. The galliot got under way, at that moment, with a good deal of crying out from her sailors.

  10. Him the Governour order'd to scour the River, in the Galliot belonging to the Monastery, fighting the Ships and Champanes of the Sangleyes.

  11. From thence our Men had artificially laid a strong wooden Bridge over to the other Side of the River, close to which a Galliot ply'd up and down.

  12. It was with this view he proposed, almost immediately upon our arrival, my going with him to view the galliot from Okotsk, that had been unfortunately just shipwrecked at a little distance from Bolcheretsk.

  13. At length we perceived the mast of the galliot above a neck of low land that extended to the south.

  14. They however that day seized a galliot laden with cotton, and made inquiry of the men concerning the fleet.

  15. Arrived at that city, the French galliot bombarded the whole night; and as this was the first bomb ship ever seen in the West Indies, the splintering of shells produced a great terror in the citizens.

  16. The three next days several breaching batteries were completed, and the galliot and mortars bombarded the city all night.

  17. The larger ship and the galliot stationed themselves in an entrance where the galliots from India enter and those for Japon leave.

  18. They left port and found that the flagship of the Dutch was alone; for the galliot which accompanied it had gone to Japon, and the other ship with the patache had gone to their fort on the island of Hermosa.

  19. Leaving De Sa to command in Goa, Menezes went immediately to Cochin to assume his new situation; having first sent his nephew George Zelo with a galliot and five armed paraos against a fleet which infested the coast.

  20. After sailing a month, there arose so great a storm on the 5th of August, that his galliot was swallowed up.

  21. The battle raged the whole day, but the enemy drew off in the evening, thinking that a reinforcement was coming to the Portuguese, as they saw the galliot approaching which had been sent in search of the pink.

  22. The other galliot perished a few days afterwards, and only fourteen of the crew escaped.

  23. Morales went in a galliot having the command of the Pegu fleet, and made great havock among the ships of the enemy.

  24. A heavy galliot unloads on the walls Round, yellow cheeses, like gold cannon balls Stacked on the stones in pyramids.

  25. The water lapped the stones in musical And rhythmic tappings, and a galliot Slumbered at anchor with no light aboard.

  26. The Little Grandfather was let down from his galliot into the water.

  27. The little vessel was brought in triumph from Moscow to Petersburg, where it was put on board a sort of barge or galliot to be taken to Cronstadt.

  28. He dropped at last to the beach, then sped across it at a run, and went bounding along a black reef until he stood alongside of the galliot which had been left behind by the other Corsair vessels.

  29. When the corsair saw the galliot, he lowered his small boats and made an assault upon it; but, although the galliot was badly equipped, the soldiers defended themselves bravely from the attack of the small boats.

  30. The poor fellows in it not having confidence in their oars--as they had only four oars to a bench, the galliot having fifteen benches--those still living threw themselves into the water.

  31. The one in Manila has turned out a galliot of sixteen or seventeen benches; and has repaired the ship that brought me here, and also one that was made in Acapulco, which I believe cost more than fifteen thousand ducats.

  32. A vessel of the galliot order, equipped with two masts--viz.

  33. A Dutch vessel, galliot rigged, used in the river trade of Holland.

  34. The galliot looks much the same, whether you regard her from stem or from stern, both being almost equally rounded.

  35. A Dutch galliot may be fifty, eighty, or even a hundred and fifty tons burden.

  36. The galliot is rigged with square sails on her mainmast, a fore and aft main-sail, a gaff mizzen and mizzen gaff top-sails, and a high bowsprit.

  37. The tragedy of the galliot was reacted before me.

  38. As the afternoon wore away, I observed several boats tow the lightened hull of our galliot south-east of the key till it disappeared behind a point of the island.

  39. While the master was busy making terms, his companions were rummaging the galliot in order to ascertain our cargo and armament.

  40. A few days passed, during which I learned that our unfortunate galliot was gradually emptied and destroyed.

  41. For twenty minutes the galliot cleft the waters on her old course, when the look-out screamed: "Hard up!

  42. At the same time, I directed the helmsman to luff the galliot close into the wind's eye.

  43. I have only the galliot left here and that is as free from iron and rigging as the galleys here have always been.

  44. The twins (for such they proved to be) were most benignant giants, and asked us aboard the post-boat galliot for a chat.

  45. So did the galliot we had seen last night, but we again missed identifying her, as she weighed anchor before we came up to her berth.

  46. A galliot passed us, going west, just as we were stowing sails; too dark to see her name.

  47. It was explained when I went on deck, and I found the Dulcibella wrapped in a fog, silent, clammy, nothing visible from her decks but the ghostly hull of a galliot at anchor near us.

  48. His galliot was at anchor a mile away, up a branch of the channel.

  49. They supposed he was bringing cargo in his galliot from Wilhelmshaven, all the company's plant and stores coming from that port.

  50. We weighed anchor at one o'clock, and in passing the anchored galliot took a good look at her.

  51. Beyond these was another vessel, a galliot in build, but radiant as a queen among sluts; her varnished sides and spars flashing orange in the sun.

  52. Carruthers, this is my friend, Schiffer Bartels, of the galliot Johannes.

  53. He was rescued by a galliot the owner of which was Pedro's grandfather.

  54. Again we tacked, but our efforts to find deeper water were unavailing, and at last the galliot ran aground with a slight shock on a bed of soft sand.

  55. This decided us, and, trusting that the downpour would deaden the force of the wind, we launched a small boat and pulled off to a galliot of about twenty tons burthen.

  56. The galliot carried two masts, the after one only being set up.

  57. The galliot was, like all Dutch craft, of great beam, with bluff bows and an ugly square stern.

  58. Palo Dono, the gunpoulder man, bringeth news that a Portingale galliot arived ij dais past at Nangasaque, com from Amacau; and some say j more is coming after, others say 6 or 7.

  59. One more vessel was required, and Jack, pulling two oars as usual, saluted a galliot heavily laden, but of what her cargo consisted was not known.

  60. The galliot was at that time just under steerage way, her topsail had been loosed and her jib hoisted, but the former had not been sheeted home, for the three men below could not, in the dark, find the ropes.

  61. The galliot was laden with sweet oil, and was also no despicable prize.

  62. It was very true; a galliot and four lateen vessels had just made their appearance round the easternmost point, and, as soon as they observed the frigate, had hauled their wind.

  63. In the morning of the 10th, the boats from both ships were sent to tow into the harbour a Russian galliot from Okotzk.

  64. Owing to contrary winds, he was unable to get up with five Dutch ships that were about Pulo Laer, and which took a Portuguese galliot coming from China.

  65. These boats are called bazaras and patuas, and row as well as a galliot or any vessel I have ever seen.

  66. From that place to the other side of the river, our men had themselves built a very strong wooden bridge, close to which a galliot plied.


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