Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.149
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.149
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c. 1540.—"There came aboard of Antonio de Faria more than 60 *batels*, and balloons, and *manchuas* (q. q. v.) with awnings and flags of silk, and rich alcatifas."—*Pinto,* ch. lxviii. (orig.).