Lexicographical Neighbors of Carrect
Literary usage of Carrect
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"carrect, or CARACT ... indifferently rated, And of a carrect of this quantity.
M:iy serve in peril of calamity To ransom great ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"... but the report of Lord Holt's own words, as made by Lord Raymond, who heard
them, is more likely to be carrect. Upon this case I would observe, ..."
3. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1889)
"... Description of Scotland, p. 22, small fishing boats celled corroe*» are alluded
to. carrect. A gold carat. CARREFOUR. A place where four ways meet, ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1835)
"... I find, by the Editor ‘s own showing, that I have nothing to carrect. I presume
I am not to be called to account for what he is pleased to denominate a” ..."
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