místic
English translation: místic
| 19:08 Apr 29, 2004 |
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|  Selected response from: Sheila Hardie Spain Local time: 15:59 | ||||||
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peer agreement (net): +1| místic místic Explanation: Hi Martin, I'd leave it as 'místic' - maybe it italics - and give a wee explanation, depending on your context, space etc. HTH Sheila Sortosament, el patró Damià, veterà mariner del místic (2) -un petit vaixell- que el govern espanyol havia posat a disposició de l'equip del mesurament, s'assabentà de les actuacions adreçades contra l'astrònom i pujà ràpidament a l'Esclop per avisar-lo del perill que corria la seva vida. Quan el mariner el convencé de la necessitat d'abandonar les observacions i de fugir de l'illa al més aviat possible, a més, previsorament, el féu vestir segons l'estil deIs pagesos mallorquins i immediatament davallaren a corre-cuita pels viaranys de la muntanya. Pel camí, es trobaren amb l'expedició de captura i aleshores fou quan es produí una deliciosa anècdota - malgrat el perill evident de la situació- que Aragó ens conta detingudament en les seves memòries: "Ningú no em va reconèixer, perquè jo parlava perfectament el mallorquí. Vaig encoratjar molt i molt aquell destacament que seguissin per aquell camí, i vaig continuar la ruta cap a la ciutat". (2) Místic.- Embarcació de dos o tres pals, de buc semblant al xebec, usada antigament a la Mediterrània. A la proa portava un botaló i a popa una botafora (GEC). http://www.euro-senders.com/rutes/web_cat/notes/notes_meridi... http://www.grec.net/cgibin/lexicx.pgm http://www.nauticalmuseum.com/ekthemata/109.htm It is thought to have originated in Algeria, and was used by corsairs of the Maghreb from the beginning of the 17th to the end of the 19th centuries. It proved so useful as a fast raider, despatch boat or even merchant ship that versions of it were adopted in other countries. The French called it mystic or mistic, in reference to its use as a despatch boat. The Greek equivalent was called mystiko. The three-masted lateen was the most typical rig of this kind of ship, but some 19th century chebecs had one or two square sails on the fore or main mast. http://www.geocities.com/xebecinc/internet.html Místic n. 1. A kind of small sailing vessel used in the Mediterranean. It is rigged partly like a xebec, and partly like a felucca. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/MISTIC |
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