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Definition of Bidarka
1. an Eskimo canoe [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bidarka
Literary usage of Bidarka
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of California by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1886)
"The visits in 1811-12 of certain American vessels with bidarka-fleets hunting
otters under Russian contracts—of the ..."
2. History of the Pacific States of North America by Hubert Howe Bancroft, William Nemos, Henry Lebbeus Oak, Frances Fuller Victor, Alfred Bates (1885)
"The visits in 1811-12 of certain American vessels with bidarka-fleets hunting
otters under Russian contracts—of the ..."
3. The Gospel in All Lands by Missionary Society, Methodist Episcopal Church (1886)
"Launching their walrus- skin boats (bidarka) they boldly cross to and fro from
Siberia, trading the deer-skins, sinew, and wooden ware of Alaska for the ..."
4. The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1886)
"The visits in 1811-12 of certain American vessels with bidarka-fleets hunting
otters under lius- sian contracts—of the ..."
5. Descriptive Booklet on the Alaska Historical Museum by Alaska Historical Library and Museum, Andrew P. Kashevaroff, Alaska Historical Association, Juneau (1922)
"But we know that the first bidarka used by the natives was very crude ... It is
an undeniable fact that the perfection of the bidarka belongs to the Aleuts. ..."
6. The Wilderness of the North Pacific Coast Islands: A Hunter's Experiences by Charles Sheldon (1912)
"The next morning was clear, but there was too much surf to launch the bidarka.
At one o'clock, however, we made the attempt, and succeeded. ..."
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