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are the great ships,

Original French:  ſont les groſſes Orchades,

Modern French:  sont les grosses Orchades,


orchades

Great ships; also, a kind of great fishes, mortall enemies to Whales.

Randle Cotgrave [–1634?]
A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongue
London: Adam Islip, 1611
PBM

orcades

Ce nom de navire vient du grec όρχη, vas olearium; mais comme il est écrit Orchades dans l’édition de 1552, il pourroit bien venir de ὀρχαζ, sepes, septum; genus oleœ.

François Rabelais [ca. 1483–1553]
Œuvres de Rabelais (Edition Variorum)
Charles Esmangart [1736-1793], editor
Paris: Chez Dalibon, 1823
Google Books

orchades

Gros vaisseau.

François Rabelais [ca. 1483–1553]
Œuvres de F. Rabelais
L. Jacob, editor
Paris: Charpentier, 1840

orchades

Néologisme; du grec ὁχάδεζ; vaisseau de charge et de transport.

François Rabelais [ca. 1483–1553]
Oeuvres. Tome Cinquieme: Tiers Livre
Abel Lefranc [1863-1952], editor
Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, 1931
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Posted 10 February 2013. Modified 19 November 2015.

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