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Ell
now rarely used It is of different lengths in different countries the English ell being 45 inches the Dutch or Flemish ell 27 the Scotch about 37
Dogger
A two masted fishing vessel used by the Dutch
Caracore
A light vessel or proa used by the people of Borneo etc and by the Dutch in the East Indies
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Boer
A colonist or farmer in South Africa of Dutch descent
bottomry
bottomry [alteration of earlier bottomary, modification of Dutch bodemerij, from bodem bottom, hull, ship] : a contract under which the owner of a ship pledges the
Navigation acts
countries. The first 'Navigation Act' was passed during the Commonwealth, in 1651, to restrain the competition of the Dutch marine, and its restrictions were repeated in 1660 by 12 Car. 2, c. 18, sometimes styled the 'Charta
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