marine league
Americannoun
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The river, the bay, and the marine league along the shore, are all within the scope of this grant.
From The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style by Daniel Webster
Accordingly he set sail from the harbor of Havana, and cruised up and down at a distance of more than a marine league from the coast, awaiting the appearance of the vessel.
From The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 by W. C. Jackson
She remained a few hours to supply herself with refreshments, and as night fell took her station; but not at the distance of a marine league during the night.
From The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter by Raphael Semmes
All this time the two mates came steadily on, until the whole of the little fleet of boats was, by this time, not less than a marine league distant from the schooners.
From The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers by James Fenimore Cooper
It has been said that the Proserpine, when this incident occurred, was off the point of the Campanella, distance about half a marine league.
From The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet by James Fenimore Cooper
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