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Definition of Buoyed
1. buoy [v] - See also: buoy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Buoyed
Literary usage of Buoyed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin, and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1887)
"Azof This service the skilled, fearless officer achieved in buoyed. the ship's
gig and cutter under fire from the Russian battery ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1885)
"The wire-rope between the boats is sunk sufficiently to catch the screw of the
torpedo-boat, and buoyed half-way between the boats to prevent ita sinking ..."
3. History of the Confederate States Navy from Its Organization to the by John Thomas Scharf (1886)
"A further examination ,fied him as to their real nature. They were buoyed in
stream and connected by wires. Each can contained y pounds of powder, ..."
4. English Poetry (1170-1892) by John Matthews Manley, Manly, John Matthews, 1865-1940 (1907)
"To sordid flatteries, acts of strife, And sunk in that dead sea of life, 40 So
deep, as he did then death's waters sup, But that the cork of title buoyed ..."
5. A Biographical History of Lancaster County: Being a History of Early by Alexander Harris (1872)
"Dear Maria's image dwells with mo, And may her virtues long vibrate my heart;
Her soothing voice amid afflictions sore, buoyed up my soul and checked the ..."
6. Narrative of the Expedition to China, from the Commencement of the War to by John Elliot Bingham (1843)
"Tomlinson—City carried—Killed and wounded —Imperial Court shows symptoms of
yielding—Force proceeds to the Yang-tse-Kiang—Channel buoyed— Ariadne on a ..."
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