archesn.
/ˈɑːtʃɪz/ ‘A common term among seamen for the Archipelago.’ Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 1867.
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the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > specific seas > [noun] > Aegean Sea
archipelagoc1503
Aegean Sea1513
Goat Sea1567
Aegean1597
arches1626
society > communication > record > written record > arrangement and storage of written records > [noun] > place where official records are kept
registery1483
chancery1523
registry1531
cartuary1539
Register House1540
cartulary?1541
arches1626
register office1641
archive1645
record office1647
tabulary1656
registry office1720
registrature1762
dufter1791
records department1825
PRO1892
morgue1914
1626 T. Roe Negotiations (1740) 512 An island called Augusto near Paros, in the Arches.
1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 101 The Sea of Borneo, and the upper Part of the Indian Arches.
1812 R. Wilson Private Diary I. 69 Entering the Archipelago, or, according to the sailor phrase, the Arches.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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