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Caravel [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. CARAVEL ,

2. CARAWAY, noun A plant of the genus Carum, a biennial plant, with a taper root like a parsnip, which, when young, is good eating. The seeds have an aromatic smell and a warm pungent taste. They are used in cakes, incrusted with sugar, and distilled with spirituous liquors.

Caravel [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A name given to several kinds of vessels.

2. The caravel of the 16th century was a small vessel with broad bows, high, narrow poop, four masts, and lateen sails. Columbus commanded three caravels on his great voyage.

3. A Portuguese vessel of 100 or 150 tons burden.

4. A small fishing boat used on the French coast.

5. A Turkish man-of-war.

Caravellas Encyclopedia Britannica

CARAVELLAS, a seaport town of Brazil, in the province of Espiritu Santo, on a river, and not far from a bay, to which it gives its name, in 17° 49' S. lat. and 39° 26' W. long. It is the principal port of the neighbouring country, and serves as the headquarters of the whale fishery of the Abrolhos Islands which lie off the coast. Population, about 5000.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 5, p. 85
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