Note 62 — INTRODUCTION
Reading edition
Runners, i.e. fast ships which risk every impediment as to privateers or blockade (Smyth, “Sailor’s Word Book,” p. 586). This is a very early use of the term.
Reading edition
Runners, i.e. fast ships which risk every impediment as to privateers or blockade (Smyth, “Sailor’s Word Book,” p. 586). This is a very early use of the term.