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Definition of Curacoa
1. Noun. Flavored with sour orange peel.
Definition of Curacoa
1. curacao [n -S] - See also: curacao
Lexicographical Neighbors of Curacoa
Literary usage of Curacoa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Voyage to the Eastern Part of Terra Firma: Containing a Description of the by François Joseph Pons, Washington Irving, Samuel Latham Mitchill (1806)
"It seldom happens the cargoes produce at curacoa more than five or six thousand
dollars each, or that the cargo in return does not exceed ten thousand. ..."
2. DeBow's Review ...: Agricultural, Commercial, Industrial Progress & Resources by James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Q. Bell, William MacCreary Burwell (1853)
"At curacoa were attended in the military hospital 1542 patients, of whom 9 died.
... In the courts at curacoa were 20 great, 25 lesser civil causes, ..."
3. Kettner's Book of the Table: A Manual of Cookery, Practical, Theoretical by Eneas Sweetland Dallas (1877)
"It is a bitter orange which grows in the island of curacoa, and falls from the
... The peel of this is dried, and is known in commerce as the curacoa of ..."
4. A System of Geography, Popular and Scientific: Or A Physical, Political, and by James Bell (1832)
"curacoa is situated in the Caribbean sea, to the N. of New Grenada and ...
curacoa had been held by the Spaniards since 1527, when it was taken by the Dutch ..."
5. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"... in consequence of a small vessel from curacoa having passed through the fleet
in the night. The increased numbers and powers of the besiegers, ..."
6. The Cruise of the Montauk to Bermuda, the West Indies and Florida by James McQuade (1884)
"curacoa, April 4, 1884. THE appearance of curacoa, as we lay in the offing, on
the morning of April 1st, brought to mind views in Holland. ..."
7. A Collection of State Papers Relative to the War Against France Now Carrying by John Bebrett (1800)
"... from Aux Cayes, b-ound to curacoa, laden with coffee: taken by the ... of 14
men and 85 tons, from curacoa, bound to Saint Roman's Hay, ..."
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