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Definition of Carvels
1. carvel [n] - See also: carvel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carvels
Literary usage of Carvels
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the by Richard Hakluyt (1904)
"Englishmen had bound up their flags, and came in company with us : for the which
cause the Island sent out two carvels that lay there with advise from the ..."
2. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"The Clerkes or Pursers of the carvels, when they are provided of the same, ...
The Stewards of the Galleons, Ships and carvels, have i2000. reys ordinarie ..."
3. Hakluytus Posthumus, Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"The Clerkes or Pursers of the carvels, when they are provided of the same, ...
The Stewards of the Galleons, Ships and carvels, have 12000. reys ordinarie ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"These carvels deal largely with the end of the world, the judgment-day and the
horrors of ... Apart from the carvels there are other ballads in existence, ..."
5. Publications of the Navy Records Society by Navy Records Society (Great Britain) (1902)
"About the time the carvels were to draw near the island, ... boarded and seized
one of the said carvels at least, of which we made good use in two kinds. ..."
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