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Coquille   Listen
noun
Coquille  n.  Lit., a shell; hence:
(a)
A shell or shell-like dish or mold in which viands are served.
(b)
The expansion of the guard of a sword, dagger, etc.
(c)
A form of ruching used as a dress trimming or for neckwear, and named from the manner in which it is gathered or fulled.





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"Coquille" Quotes from Famous Books



... quite as dark as chocolate. The line where the red and blue water joined was distinctly defined. The weather for some days previously had been calm, and the ocean abounded, to an unusual degree, with living creatures. (1/9. M. Lesson "Voyage de la Coquille" tome 1 page 255, mentions red water off Lima, apparently produced by the same cause. Peron, the distinguished naturalist, in the "Voyage aux Terres Australes," gives no less than twelve references ...
— A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World - The Voyage Of The Beagle • Charles Darwin


Words linked to "Coquille" :   dish


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