| 单词 | letter of mart ship |
| 释义 | > as lemmasletter(s) of mart ship letter (also script, writ) of mart n. a government licence authorizing the holder to take reprisals on citizens of a hostile state; (later also) a licence to arm a vessel for the capture of enemy merchant shipping; cf. letter of marque n. at marque n.1 2. Usually in plural. Also attributive in letter(s) of mart man, letter(s) of mart ship. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > operations or manoeuvres > [noun] > authority for reprisal letter of marque1443 letter of mart1571 society > law > legal document > types of legal or official document > [noun] > letter or letters patent > letters of reprisal or marque letter of marque1443 letters (also commission) of reprisal(s)1473 letter (also script, writ) of mart1587 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > ship's papers > [noun] > letters authorizing privateer letter(s) of marque and reprisal1443 letter (also script, writ) of mart1587 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > piracy > [noun] > privateering > letters of marque letter of marque1443 letter (also script, writ) of mart1587 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > privateer or pirate ship > [noun] > privateer Dunkirker1588 Dunkirk1599 she-Dunkirk1623 Dunker1630 privateer?1641 private man of war1646 caper1657 letter(s) of mart ship1695 caperera1698 letter of marque ship1703 letter(s) of mart man1704 letter of marque1768 shaving-mill1781 ship-privateer1799 sea-wolf1884 1571 F. Walsingham Let. 23 Sept. in D. Diggs Compl. Ambassador (1655) 136 Then he shall have a Letter of Mart given him. 1587 R. Greene Penelopes Web sig. E3v Abradas the great Macedonian Pirat thought euery one had a letter of mart that bare sayle in the Ocean. 1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xi. lxv. 279 With Letters then of Credence for himselfe, and Marte for them, He puts to Sea for England. a1612 J. Harington Epigrams (1618) ii. 30 You'le spoile the Spaniards, by your writ of Mart. 1627 M. Drayton Battaile Agincourt 10 All men of Warre with scripts of Mart that went. 1695 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 543 Three letters of mart ships are ordered for the West Indies. 1704 London Gaz. No. 4071/3 The Good Alliance,..being taken by a Letter of Mart-Man belonging to this Port. 1726 J. Ker Mem. 153 Letters of Mart were issued to Sundry People, who all went to the East-Indies. 1753 N. Torriano Hist. Diss. Gangrenous Sore Throat p. xv Thus much by way of Preface to this Translation; after which I shall send it into the World as a Letter of Mart Ship,..hoping that it may meet with some Prize of Approbation. 1768 T. Hull Royal Merchant i. ii. 6 I..read his letters of mart from this state granted, For the recovery of such losses, as He had sustain'd in Spain. 1801 in Naval Documents U.S. Wars Barbary Powers (U.S. Office Naval Rec.) (1939) I. 524 Touching the Adventures and Perils, which we the Assurers, are contented to bear..they are..Letters of Mart, and Counter Mart, Surprisals. 1906 Marine Insurance Act (6 Edward VII, c. 41) 1st Sched. Touching the adventures and perils which we the assurers are contented to bear..: they are of the seas, men of war, fire, enemies, pirates,..letters of mart and countermart. < as lemmas |
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