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Definition of Lorchas
1. lorcha [n] - See also: lorcha
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lorchas
Literary usage of Lorchas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Residence Among the Chinese: Inland, on the Coast, and at Sea. Being a by Robert Fortune (1857)
"Dispute with the Chinese about the lorcha "Arrow" — lorchas and their crews —
Abuse of the English flag—Right of entrance into the city of Canton — The ..."
2. A History of China: Being the Historical Chapters from "The Middle Kingdom" by Samuel Wells Williams, Frederick Wells Williams (1897)
"The Portuguese had many of these lorchas to carry on their commerce, and gradually
a set of desperate men had so far engrossed them in acts of daring and ..."
3. Historic Macao by Carlos Augusto Montalto Jesus (1902)
"The utter helplessness of China after the Opium War led to a piratical irruption,
in consequence of which Portuguese lorchas were, since 1813, ..."
4. Hertslet's China Treaties: Treaties, &c. Between Great Britain and China by Edward Hertslet, Godfrey Edward Proctor Hertslet, Edward Parkes, China, Great Britain (1908)
"(a) lorchas, dec., owned by foreigners, if provided with registers, and entitled to
... Special river-pass merchantmen, river- pass steamers, and lorchas, ..."
5. Treaties and Agreements with and Concerning China, 1894-1919: A Collection by John Van Antwerp MacMurray (1921)
"(a) lorchas, etc., owned by Foreigners, if provided with Registers and entitled
to fly national flags, are required to take out a Special River Pass either ..."
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