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Definition of Puncheons
1. puncheon [n] - See also: puncheon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Puncheons
Literary usage of Puncheons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"First, that Oliver Davy should " make, work, and grave inward, by the hands of
an Englishman, or 'prentice English, in four puncheons of steel, ..."
2. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"First, that Oliver Davy should " make, work, and grave inward, by the hands of
an Englishman, or 'prentice English, in four puncheons of steel, ..."
3. The Works of William E. Channing, D.D. by William Ellery Channing (1894)
"Those of the first five years of freedom (1834 to 1838, inclusive) were : sugar,
13545 hogsheads; molasses, 8308 puncheons ; and rum, 1109 puncheons; ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law by Great Britain Bail Court (1854)
"The bills given by C. for the price of the forty-four puncheons were dishonored:
Held, upon special case (whereby it was agreed that the Court should be at ..."
5. The Progress of America, from the Discovery by Columbus to the Year 1846 by John Macgregor (1847)
"The Prince Albert, of London, from Jamaica, 20 men, 476 tons; discharged Sî^
hogsheads, 35 tierces, and 17 barrels of sugar, 141 puncheons of rum, ..."
6. A Treatise on the Effect of the Contract of Sale on the Legal Rights of by Colin Blackburn Blackburn (1896)
"7th September (a), Collard sold the remaining 18 puncheons to Bond, and Proctor,
who paid for them. Yates, the warehouseman, without any further authority ..."
7. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"... 1107 puncheons of rum, 275 bales of cotton. No coffee or cocoa grown for
exportation. ... puncheons ..."
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