termagant

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I suppose there was as much rejoicing that night on board the Termagant over the redeemed slaver, as there is in most churches over a rescued sinner.

From Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver by Mayer, Brantz

He had obtained the customary authority, as a loyal merchant of the port of New York, to ship by the Termagant to his agent in London, a properly scheduled assortment of valuable furs.

From The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution by Stoddard, W. O.

Being introduced into the medieval drama, the name became synonymous with a stage fury— "I would have such a fellow whipped for o'erdoing Termagant."

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest

Petard, Nerissa, Turbulent, and Termagant also pressed home their attack on the enemy battle cruisers, firing torpedoes after the engagement with enemy destroyers.

From World's War Events, Vol. II by Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph)

About four o'clock, next morning, the Termagant joined, with an account of the combined fleet's having been seen, the 19th of June, by the Curieux brig, standing to the northward.

From The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 2 by Harrison, James