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‖ monoxylon|mɒˈnɒksɪlən|
Pl. monoxyla. Also 7–8 in mod. Gr. form monoxylo (sing.).
[a. Gr. µονόξυλον, neut. of µονόξυλος: see next.]
A canoe or boat made from one piece of timber.
1555Eden Decades 78 Theyr canoas whiche we may well caule Monoxyla, bycause they are made of one hole tree. 1682Wheler Journ. Greece i. 37 The Fortress..neither can be approached to by Land, nor Sea, except in those Monoxylo's, or little Barques, which draw not above a foot of water. 1776R. Chandler Trav. Greece 281 A man waded to it [sc. a hut] and procured us a monoxylo or tray. Ibid., The monoxyla or skiffs carry every thing to and fro. 1800Naval Chron. III. 478 There you may see the Monoxylon, built exactly upon the model of the ancient Greek vessel; whose name it likewise retains. 1863D. Wilson Preh. Ann. i. ii. (ed. 2) I. 57 The rude British monoxyla, shaped and hollowed out by stone axes, with the help of fire.
¶b. Erroneously explained.
1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Monoxylon, boats in the Ionian Isles propelled with one oar. [Hence in recent Dicts.] |