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Definition of Motleys
1. motley [n] - See also: motley
Lexicographical Neighbors of Motleys
Literary usage of Motleys
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1868)
"motleys HISTORY OF THE NETHERLANDS. WE had the pleasure of giving an early welcome
to the two first volumes of Mr Motley's ' History of the Netherlands. ..."
2. Divers Voyages Touching the Discovery of America and the Islands Adjacent by Richard Hakluyt, John Winter Jones, Robert Fahyan, Robert Thorne, Giovanni da Verrazzano, Jean Ribaut, Thomas Hacket (1850)
"motleys—Cloth of mixed colours. 3 Carels—Cloths made of fustian. 4 Sayes—Thin
woollen stuff, or serge. ..."
3. American Journal of Education (1856)
"No scholar needs to be informed of the importance of Mr. motleys undertaking ...
Mr. motleys account of the origin of the University of Leyden has already ..."
4. The American Journal of Education and College Review by Absalom Peters, Henry Barnard, Samuel Sidwell Randall (1856)
"No scholar needs to be informed of the importance of Mr. motleys undertaking.
... Mr. motleys account of the origin of the University of Leyden has already ..."
5. The Statutes at Large from the Magna Charta, to the End of the Eleventh by Great Britain (1762)
"... five yards in length, and feven quarters in breadth ; (6) and double motleys
feven yards in length, and five quarters in breadth ; and fingle ..."
6. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1868)
"motleys HISTORY OF THE NETHERLANDS. WE had the pleasure of giving an early welcome
to the two first volumes of Mr Motley's ' History of the Netherlands. ..."
7. Divers Voyages Touching the Discovery of America and the Islands Adjacent by Richard Hakluyt, John Winter Jones, Robert Fahyan, Robert Thorne, Giovanni da Verrazzano, Jean Ribaut, Thomas Hacket (1850)
"motleys—Cloth of mixed colours. 3 Carels—Cloths made of fustian. 4 Sayes—Thin
woollen stuff, or serge. ..."
8. American Journal of Education (1856)
"No scholar needs to be informed of the importance of Mr. motleys undertaking ...
Mr. motleys account of the origin of the University of Leyden has already ..."
9. The American Journal of Education and College Review by Absalom Peters, Henry Barnard, Samuel Sidwell Randall (1856)
"No scholar needs to be informed of the importance of Mr. motleys undertaking.
... Mr. motleys account of the origin of the University of Leyden has already ..."
10. The Statutes at Large from the Magna Charta, to the End of the Eleventh by Great Britain (1762)
"... five yards in length, and feven quarters in breadth ; (6) and double motleys
feven yards in length, and five quarters in breadth ; and fingle ..."
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