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Teneriffe

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Ten`er`iffe´
n.1.A white wine resembling Madeira in taste, but more tart, produced in Teneriffe, one of the Canary Islands; - called also Vidonia.
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Practically it was nothing but a quite unusual failure of the wind which cost him his arm during the Teneriffe expedition.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
Once or twice in the daytime I thought I saw the Pico of Teneriffe, being the high top of the Mountain Teneriffe in the Canaries, and had a great mind to venture out, in hopes of reaching thither; but having tried twice, I was forced in again by contrary winds, the sea also going too high for my little vessel; so, I resolved to pursue my first design, and keep along the shore.
Robinson Crusoe by Defoe, Daniel View in context
1710; on the 14th we met with Captain Pocock, of Bristol, at Teneriffe, who was going to the bay of Campechy to cut logwood.
Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan View in context
 
 
 
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