Argall

[ ahr-gawl, -guhl ]

/ ˈɑr gɔl, -gəl /

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Sir Samuel, 1572–1639, British explorer: colonial governor of Virginia 1617–19.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

Captain Argall assured them that he would take their part in such a war, and they consented to his plan.
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As soon as he had unloaded the corn, Argall set his men to work felling timber and hewing boards with which to build a "frigat."
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Argall returned to Point Comfort and "went forward with his frigat and finished her."
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Argall himself, with a third gang, left in the shallop on the first day of May to explore the east side of the Bay.
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Argall made the round trip by the shorter route in five months.
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