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Definition of Ankers
1. anker [n] - See also: anker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ankers
Literary usage of Ankers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications of the Navy Records Society by Navy Records Society (Great Britain) (1896)
"ankers of diuerse sortes that is to say Crete ankers of Hampton j Shute ankers
... broken] ankers very lytle for the seid Ship v Grete Bote ankers j—in all ..."
2. The Early Records of the Town of Providence by Providence (R.I.). Record Commissioners (1893)
"[] Rog: Morie July 29"* 4 ankers ... July 29th 10 ankers. October 22th 1656 Ben:
Smith 1 hogshead Sack Octo: 27th ... 4 ankers Rumm Octo: 2nd Ben: Smith 1 ..."
3. Oddities of Colonial Legislation in America: As Applied to the Public Lands by John Brown Dillon, Ben Douglass (1879)
"... two ankers of beer, and three hundred gilders."* [Pennsylvania Archives,
1664-1747, p. 47.] On the 23d of June, 1683, the Indians, by a treaty, ..."
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