Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
nautical .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Nautical.
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- adjective Alternative form of
nautical .
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Examples
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The latter event happened after international legislation made it illegal to dump waste closer than 135 nautic miles from the shore.
Penguin news magnio 2008
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Vnekium; � quibus Antuerpiam missus est accersitum homines rei nautic� peritos, qui satis amplo proposito pr鎚io ad illos viros se recipiant; qui Sueuo artifice duas ad eam patefactionem naues
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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McDougall assured us from his own nautic experience was very feasible.
The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn Henry P. Johnston
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McDougall, "from his own nautic experience," that small ships could sail up by that channel; the hulks, also, sunk between Governor's
The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn Henry P. Johnston
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Nelson sent the prisoners taken on board them on shore in a cartel, on their parole not to serve again during the war; but Napoleon, with his usual disregard for treaties, formed them into a battalion, which he called the "nautic."
How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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At certain seasons, they throng the rivers, creeks, lakes, and ponds, at different parts, in innumerable multitudes, and not only keep the waters in constant turmoil from their nautic exercises and sports, but fill the air with the wild clamor of their incessant quackings.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN LIFE 1841
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To be in this very selective list the location needs to have quality beaches and good conditions for nautic sports.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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Thus a fourth nautic proof afcertains the fouth pole to be lengthened, as the north pole is; for, if they both were flattened, the cur - rents would fet to them, inftead of running to the Line.
Theory of tides, tr. [extr. from Études de la nature]. Jacques Henri Bernardin de Saint Pierre 1795
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