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Definition of Chebecs
1. chebec [n] - See also: chebec
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chebecs
Literary usage of Chebecs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson. by Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Adgate Lipscomb, Albert Ellery Bergh (1905)
"... been reduced by losses to six chebecs and four galleys. They have a forty-gun
frigate on the stocks, and expect two cruisers from the grand seignior. ..."
2. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson. by Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Adgate Lipscomb, Albert Ellery Bergh (1905)
"From these it results that they have usually had about nine chebecs, from ten to
thirty- six guns, and four galleys, which have been reduced by losses to ..."
3. Danton: A Study by Hilaire Belloc (1899)
"... l'arrivée des chebecs à Alger. On voulait encore vous aliéner cette puissance,
amie de la République ; mais nous recevons la nouvelle quel» dey a reçu, ..."
4. The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States by United States Dept. of State, Francis Wharton, John Bassett Moore (1889)
"The Don's squadron consists of six ships of the line, one frigate of thirty-two
guns, three chebecs of twenty-eight guns each, and a number of fire ships ..."
5. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution: Being the Letters by Jared Sparks, United States Dept. of State (1829)
"The Don's squadron consists of six ships of the line, one frigate of thirtytwo
guns, three chebecs of twentyeight guns each, and a number of fire-ships and ..."
6. History of the Campaigns of Count Alexander Suworow Rymnikski, Field-marshal by Frederic Anthing (1799)
"... fix frigates, four bomb-ketches, fix chebecs, fifteen gun boats, ...
eight frigates, twenty-one chebecs, and three bomb- ketches. ..."
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