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While I stayed aboard I observed the flowing of the tide, which runs very swift here, so that our nun-buoy would not bear above the water to be seen.
Early Australian Voyages: Pelsart, Tasman, Dampier John Pinkerton 1792
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While I stayed aboard I observed the flowing of the tide, which runs very swift here, so that our nun-buoy would not bear above the water to be seen.
A Voyage to New Holland William Dampier 1683
chained_bear commented on the word nun-buoy
See definition (well, an obverse definition) on can-buoy.
February 21, 2008