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- noun Plural form of
polacre .
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Examples
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The harbour has been declared a free-port, and it is generally full of tartans, polacres, and other small vessels, that come from Sardinia, Ivica,
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The others, embarked in fourteen polacres, were anchored under the care of our ships.
The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 2 James Harrison
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On the morning of the 27th, having embarked all the principal rebels in the several ships of the British squadron, and the rest in polacres anchored under their care, his lordship ordered Captain Troubridge to land with a detachment of troops, for the purpose of cutting down "the infamous Tree of Anarchy," which was immediately burnt before the king's palace.
The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 2 James Harrison
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Five polacres, and two Venetian ships, are loading provisions and stores; therefore, I wish to fix our ships on the spot most likely to intercept them: at
The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 2 James Harrison
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Five polacres, and two Venetian ships, are loading provisions and stores; therefore, I wish to fix our ships on the spot most likely to intercept them: at Lampedosa and Cape Bon, and in the track from Toulon to Ajaccio.
The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson Harrison, James 1806
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The others, embarked in fourteen polacres, were anchored under the care of our ships.”
The Life of Nelson Mahan, A. T. 1897
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The others, embarked in fourteen polacres, were anchored under the care of our ships. "
The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 (of 2) The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain 1877
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