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Cinque ports, the
| Глоссарий морской лексики и терминологии (английский язык) |
These are five highly privileged stations, the once great emporiums of british commerce and maritime greatness; they are dover, hastings, sandwich, romney, and hythe, which, lying opposite to france, were considered of the utmost importance. to these were afterwards added winchelsea, rye, and seaford. these places were honoured with peculiar immunities and privileges, on condition of
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Privileged, английский
Привилегированный
Importance, английский
Afterwards, английский
Privileges, английский
Привилегии; права; полномочия
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Circle of perpetual apparition, английский
A circle of the heavens parallel to the equator, and at a distance from the pole of any place equal to the latitude: within this circle the stars never set.
Cingl, английский
[from cir-cingle, a horse`s belt]. a belt worn by seamen.
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