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Definition of Careened
1. careen [v] - See also: careen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Careened
Literary usage of Careened
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States by United States Dept. of State, Francis Wharton, John Bassett Moore (1889)
"... are careened and refitted;.and the Royal Louis, of one hundred and ten guns,
tbe Northumberland and tbe Astrea, are to be launched immediately. ..."
2. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1860)
"... careened, made tight and set afloat, or held up and towed into ten or twelve
feet of water, or if it weigh less than 1000 tons, is deposited on the dock ..."
3. The Diary of William Bentley: Pastor of the East Church, Salem, Massachusetts by William Bentley, Joseph Gilbert Waters, Marguerite Dalrymple, Alice G. Waters, Essex Institute (1914)
"... upon which is now Union Wharf below Union street passed by the place in which
Vessels are careened at this time into a Cove, & then turned out by a long ..."
4. Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells (1860)
"It is then cither pumped out, careened, made tight and set afloat, or held up
and towed into ten or twelve feet of water, or if it weigh less thun 1000 tons ..."
5. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"Cars rocketed out of the six tunnels. . . and careened in wild zigzags —Mark
Murphy, New Yorker, 18 June 1949 We were careening from side to side and going ..."
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