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Definition of Cavally
1. n. A carangoid fish of the Atlantic coast (Caranx hippos): -- called also horse crevallé. [See Illust. under Carangoid.]
Definition of Cavally
1. cavalla [n -LIES] - See also: cavalla
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cavally
Literary usage of Cavally
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Captain Richard Ingle, the Maryland "pirate and Rebel," 1642-1653: A Paper by Edward Ingle (1884)
"Grand cavally, West Africa, May 20, 1834. We, the undersigned headmen of Grand
cavally, do, by these presents, notify and confirm the contract made by our ..."
2. The African Repository by American Colonization Society (1835)
"When within a mile or two of Half cavally, we were met by not less than a thousand
rnen, women, and children, in whose countenance and gestures nothing but ..."
3. An Universal History: From the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time by George Sale, George Psalmanazar, Archibald Bower, George Shelvocke, John Campbell, John Swinton (1764)
"... is a rich and delicious food, as is the cavally, which is oi" the mackarel-kind,
and weighs about four or five pounds ; but the mud-hih is reported to ..."
4. A sailing directory for the Ethiopic or south Atlantic ocean by Alexander George Findlay (1883)
"From cavally Eiver the coast trends about 2J miles ESE to a village, off which
are four or ... From cavally Islet, about 3 miles eastward of cavally Eiver, ..."
5. A Sailing Directory for the Ethiopic Or South Atlantic Ocean, Including the by Alexander George Findlay (1867)
"The chief places of trade are cavally River, Bossa, ... From cavally the coast
trends nearly true East to Growa, known by four or five rocks before it, ..."
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