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Definition of Cafilas
1. cafila [n] - See also: cafila
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cafilas
Literary usage of Cafilas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"Some cafilas or Caravans of these ... which may be some dozen of Vessels ; others
carrie many things to eate : and with one of these cafilas we passed. ..."
2. Hakluytus Posthumus, Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"Some cafilas or Caravans of these are of pieces of Silke for the Kings house,
which may be some dozen of Vessels; others carrie many things to eate: and ..."
3. The Practice of the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas in Personal Actions by William Tidd, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas (1817)
"... cafilas in the Common ' 3 Wils. 454. z Blac. Rep. 918. S. C Pleas, baring been
made returnable on i H. Blag. 291. i Bos. & Pul. ..."
4. Principles of Social Science by Henry Charles Carey (1865)
"Examining Africa, in all ages, we find cafilas of slaves, and trains of camels
laden with gold-dust and ivory, coming from the higher and poorer lands, ..."
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