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Definition of Longships
1. longship [n] - See also: longship
Lexicographical Neighbors of Longships
Literary usage of Longships
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Annual, for by Caroline Sheridan Norton (1836)
"The longships, a small archipelago of rocks, lie about two miles to the westward
of the Land's End. The lighthouse, called the longships, is situated upon ..."
2. Senate Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Public Documents and Executive by United States Congress. Senate (1874)
"The focal plane of longships light-house is 110 feet above Fooal p^n« of the sea.
The handsome new lantern was in place, but the lens was ..."
3. The Dawn in Britain by Charles Montagu Doughty (1906)
"... Should precious meeds divide, with a large hand; Gather, to him, from every
coast, longships. ..."
4. Lighthouses: Their History and Romance by William John Hardy (1895)
"... THE LAND'S END, AND THE longships > ^OON after a lighthouse had been built at
the Lizard, the dangers of the Wolf Rock, that lies between that point and ..."
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