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† algaˈrad Obs.
[a. Fr. algarade, ad. Sp. algarada ‘a sudden assault with a great crie’ (Minsheu); f. med.L., Pg. and ? Sp. algara a raid (a. Arab. al-ghārah, i.e. al the, ghārah raid) + -ada, see -ade.]
A hostile incursion, a raid upon an enemy's territory.
1649Drummond of Hawthornden James II, Wks. 1711, 35 As the French made an algarad by sea upon Kent. ― James IV, 63 To suppress their incursions and algarads. |