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• ARGOSY (a corruption, by transposition of letters, of the name of the seaport Ragusa)

ARGOSY (a corruption, by transposition of letters, of the name of the seaport See also:

• RAGUSA
• RAGUSA (Serbo-Croatian Dubrovnik)

Ragusa)  , the See also:

• TERM

term originally for a carrack or See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant See also:

• SHIP

ship'from See also:

• RAGUSA
• RAGUSA (Serbo-Croatian Dubrovnik)

Ragusa and other Adriatic ports, now used poetically of any See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel carrying See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich merchandise . In See also:

• ENGLISH

English writings of the 16th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century the seaport named is variously spelt Ragusa, Aragouse or Aragosa, and See also:

• SHIPS

ships coming thence were named Ragusyes, Arguzes and Argosies; the last See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form surviving and passing into literature . The incorrect derivation from See also:

• JASON ('Iaacov)

Jason's ship, the " Argo," is of See also:

• MODERN

modern origin .