caïquen.
/kɑːˈiːk/ 1. A light boat or skiff propelled by one or more rowers, much used on the Bosporus.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels propelled by oars or poles > [noun] > rowing boat > other types of rowing boat
coblec950
row barge1466
bark1477
rowing barge1548
galley1570
caïque1625
catur1653
dory1726
skiff1793
dinghy1810
panga1811
dinghy1818
randan1838
dragon boat1846
guinea-boat1867
drive boat1879
pea pod1884
in-rigger1893
pointer1901
sandolo1928
1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. ix. xvi. 1623 Hee keepeth the Caiks, and alwayes steereth when the Great Turke goeth vpon the water, whose Caikes are most rich and beautifull to behold.
1625 R. Withers tr. O. Bon Grand Signors Seraglio v, in S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. ix. xv. 1591 Hee..steeres the Kings Kaick.
1702 W. J. tr. C. de Bruyn Voy. Levant xi. 49 Caicks, Gondalos, and other smaller Wherries.
1814 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II (ed. 7) ii. lxxxi. 109 Glanc'd many a light caique along the foam.
1859 All Year Round 31 Dec. 219 To observe the keen swift kyjiks poise and skim over the Bosphorus.
1864 London Rev. 28 May There he found a solitary boatman, whom he hailed, and was soon seated in his kaik.
1884 J. Colborne With Hicks Pasha in Soudan 10 The Sultan going to mosque in a state caïque at Constantinople.
2. A Levantine sailing-vessel.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun] > other sailing vessels
balinger1391
caliphe1393
buss1471
mahonnet1524
flute1567
mahone1572
shallopa1578
prahu1582
caïque1666
bullenger1670
hogboat1784
mistico1792
water-manikin1796
mistic1828
sailing-packet1842
sharpie1860
tjalk1861
botter1880
scow schooner1885
scow sloop1885
ghoster1886
sailing-trawler1891
sharp1891
skiff1891
palari1936
gulet1986
1666 London Gaz. No. 95/2 Some Corsar Flutes belonging to Dulcigno..took a Caicche.
1852 W. J. Conybeare & J. S. Howson Life & Epist. St. Paul II. xxiii. 345 The Levantine caiques..preserve..the traditionary build and rig of ancient merchantmen.
1861 A. Geikie Mem. E. Forbes x. 306 A crazy Turkish caique, with an old Turk, a stout Arab, and two little boys, by way of crew.
Derivatives
caïquejee n.
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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > rower or oarsman > rower of caïque
caïkjee1835
caïquejee1864
1864 Daily Tel. 24 Aug. His caïquejees can go close up to the ground with their flats and barges.
caïkjee n. /kɑːˈiːkdʒiː/ [Turkish] rower of a caïque.
/kɑːˈiːkdʒiː/ [Turkish] rower of a caïque.ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > rower or oarsman > rower of caïque
caïkjee1835
caïquejee1864
1835 N. P. Willis Pencillings II. xlv. 53 The poorest caikjee might row his little bark under its threshold.
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