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Definition of Streights
1. streight [n] - See also: streight
Lexicographical Neighbors of Streights
Literary usage of Streights
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America by Louis Hennepin, Victor Hugo Paltsits (1903)
"Whence it appears that there is no fuch thing as the streights of Anian ...
The moft Remarkable Epoque of the streights of Anian, commences from the time of ..."
2. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1811)
"... lies twenty leagues from the point within the streights of Sunda, at the bottom
of a deep bay. ..."
3. A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714 by Narcissus Luttrell (1857)
"This afternoon we have advice that sir George Rook, de- sign'd for the streights,
has given the signal for sailing ; upon which his squadron, ..."
4. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the by Richard Hakluyt (1904)
"King Philips citie left desolate in the streights of Magellan, ... The 6. day we
put in for the streights. The 7. day betweene the mouth of the streights ..."
5. The Reports of the Most Learned Sir Edmund Saunders, Knt: Of Several by Edmund Saunders, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, John Williams (1845)
"... whatsoever out of the streights of Gibraltar, and during the GORAM v. whole time
of her abode and mooring there (6) at, to, and SWEETING, again, ..."
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