Dampier

Cited as Dampier. — 9 quotations

Circle

Their heads are circled with a short turban.

Coddle

It [the guava fruit] may be coddled.

Credible

A very diligent and observing person, and likewise very sober and credible.

Cruise

He feigned a compliance with some of his men, who were bent upon going a cruise to Manilla.

Kern

It is observed that rain makes the salt kern.

Savanna

Savannahs are clear pieces of land without woods.

Shackle

Most of the men and women . . . had all earrings made of gold, and gold shackles about their legs and arms.

Striker

Wherever we come to an anchor, we always send out our strikers, and put out hooks and lines overboard, to try fish.

Wattling

Made with a wattling of canes or sticks.