http://wordie.org/words/polacre Comments for the word 'Polacre' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/words/polacre#comments "'Mr Powell and Mr Comfrey are to go straight to Malta in that storeship over there.'<br /><br />"'The <a href="/words/xebec">xebec</a>, or the polacre?'<br /><br />'The vessel to the right,' said Graham somewhat testily. 'The vessel that is so busy, with sailors creeping up the masts.'" <br />--Patrick O'Brian, <i>The Ionian Mission</i>, 80 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:51:47 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/polacre#comments http://wordie.org/words/polacre#comments A three-masted Mediterranean <a href="/words/vessel">vessel</a> used in the 1700s and early 1800s. Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:31:49 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/polacre#comments