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Definition of Bidarkee
1. n. A portable boat made of skins stretched on a frame.
Definition of Bidarkee
1. bidarka [n -S] - See also: bidarka
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bidarkee
Literary usage of Bidarkee
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Military Terms by Edward Samuel Farrow (1918)
"An ancient name given to the militia of Valenciennes. bidarkee.—A skin-boat of
peculiar construction, very light and portable ..."
2. A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer: Comprising Ancient and Modern Military by Thomas Wilhelm (1881)
"bidarkee. A skin boat used by the Aleuts. Bidassoa. A river of the Pyrenees,
which forms one of the boundaries of France and Spain, the passage of which is ..."
3. House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d by United States Congress. House (1876)
"... to supply the natives with •' bidarkee '' or canoe skins, I found these worms
in a lively condition in every paunch cut open, and their presence, ..."
4. History of North American Pinnipeds: A Monograph of the Walruses, Sea-lions by Joel Asaph Allen (1880)
"... to supply the natives with 'bidarkee' or canoe skins, I found these worms in
a lively condition in every paunch cut open, and their presence, I think, ..."
5. Miscellaneous Publications by Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden (1880)
"... to supply the natives with 'bidarkee' or canoe skins, I found these worms in
a lively condition in every paunch cut open, and their presence, I think, ..."
6. Miscellaneous Publications by Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden (1880)
"... to supply the natives with 'bidarkee' or canoe skins, I found these worms in
a lively condition in every paunch cut open, and their presence, I think, ..."