sea-girt
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Eurymakhos, Polybos’ son, replied: “Telemakhos, it is on the gods’ great knees who will be king in sea-girt Ithaka.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
On the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870 the Regent and its glittering companions in glory were safely lodged in a sea-girt fortress.
From Stories about Famous Precious Stones by Orpen, Mrs Goddard
From its name this apple would appear, like the Peck's Pleasant, to have come from the sea-girt State.
From American Pomology Apples by Warder, J. A.
That sea-girt isle borrowed her art of the Cape, and induced a professor in whale-craft, Ichabod Paddock by name, to come over and teach it to her.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams
The old security of this sea-girt isle has vanished for ever.
From Stand Up, Ye Dead by Maclean, Norman
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