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Definition of Foreships
1. foreship [n] - See also: foreship
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foreships
Literary usage of Foreships
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1864)
"At its height, if you had been in the proper position to observe it, you might
have seen an ominous lift of the entire foreships, as if it were now released ..."
2. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"... ne they had determined beforehand, with their beaks equipped as they were,
they stove in tho Athenian vessels to n considerable extent of the foreships, ..."
3. English Garner: Ingatherings from Our History & Literature by Edward Arber (1896)
"And so [his ship] fell athwart her foreships all alone ; and so hindered her
sailing, that the rest had time to come up to his succour, and to recover the ..."
4. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale (1849)
"... and having their foreships stove in by the Corinthian vessels, which were
provided with stronger ' cheeks than usual for this very purpose. ..."
5. The History of North America by Guy Carleton Lee, Francis Newton Thorpe (1903)
"... laden with merchandise, having in their flag. hanging out of the foreships
certain birds painted, ..."
6. Discovery and Exploration by Alfred Brittain, George Edward Reed (1903)
"... laden with merchandise, having in their flags hanging out of the foreships
certain birds painted, ..."
7. Twenty Famous Naval Battles: Salamis to Santiago by Edward Kirk Rawson (1899)
"... they are placed at " 73 men-of-war, besides foreships anil other small vessels
and traders, and 3»iO merchant ships.'' This is probably nearer to the ..."
8. Readings in Greek History, from Homer to the Battle of Chaeronea: A by Ida Carleton Thallon (1914)
"The Syracusans received them, and charging prow to prow as they had intended,
stove in a great part of the Athenian foreships by the strength of their beaks ..."
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