Lexicographical Neighbors of Doeks
Literary usage of Doeks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of a Voyage in Baffin's Bay and Barrow Straits, in the Years 1850 by Peter Cormack Sutherland (1852)
"Ships drawn iato doeks. — Yonng Iee. — Saline Ingredients of Sea - Water Iee.
... Large open Water. — Barometer cery low. — Safety of Ships in doeks. ..."
2. The Northern tribune (1854)
"... in the doeks at old Hartlepool, whieh they lease. ... The doeks and wharfs
belonging to the ... whieh was opened shortly after the doeks, ..."
3. The Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by John Timbs (1848)
"... eaeh having a rise of 10 feet, and at this level of 30 feet above the sea to
plaee a main doek with lateral doeks, into whieh vessels of war eould be ..."
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