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Definition of Dhows
1. dhow [n] - See also: dhow
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dhows
Literary usage of Dhows
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Cases: Arbitrations and Incidents Illustrative of by Ellery Cory Stowell, Henry Fraser Munro (1916)
"NATIONALITY AND PROTECTION OF VESSELS THE dhows OF MUSCAT FRANCE AND GREAT BRITAIN
The Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague, ..."
2. Through the Dark Continent: Or, The Sources of the Nile, Around the Great by Henry Morton Stanley (1879)
"... the millionaire — Signing the covenants — "On the word of a white man" — Saying
good-bye —Loading the dhows — Vale! — Towards the Dark Continent. 1874. ..."
3. Travels in Eastern Africa: With the Narrative of a Residence in Mozambique by Lyons McLeod (1860)
"... Employed— How Fitted and Provisioned—Price Paid for Slaves by the French—Ceremony
of Engaging the " Labourers " —How Treated at Reunion—dhows Employed, ..."
4. Fifty Years in the Royal Navy by Percy Scott (1919)
"... Sailing Passage to Bombay—Discipline on Board—Chasing Slave dhows— The Slave
Market at Zanzibar—Lessons in Seamanship—Gazetted Sub- Lieutenant—With HMS ..."
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