sea stores
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of sea stores
First recorded in 1650–60
Example Sentences
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We were ordered to the dockyard to draw sea stores.
From Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 by Marryat, Frederick
Yes, he was willing enough, and he took with him a few big granite boulders as his sea stores.
From Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales by Asbj?rnsen, P. Chr.
Some of the meat we ate fresh, but the larger quantity was salted down for sea stores.
From Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler by Durden, James
At this place we bought 14 buts of wine for sea stores, at 15 ducats a but, which had been offered to us at Santa Cruz for 8, 9, or 10 ducats.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 by Kerr, Robert
Large quantities of salmon were now caught with the seine, and salted for sea stores, and the sea-horse blubber was also boiled down for oil, all the candles having long been expended.
From Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries by Kingston, William Henry Giles
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