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Setting For Longfellows The Wreck Of The Hesperus Crossword Clue

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noun

• a Massachusetts peninsula to the north of Boston extending into the Atlantic Ocean

47%5 to wreck or wreck completely
noun

• dried seaweed especially that cast ashore

• the destruction or collapse of something

• growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms such as rockweeds and kelp

verb

• smash or break forcefully

45%4Wreck of the Hesperus cause
noun

• a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese

• a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water

• one of several strips across a sail that can be taken in or rolled up to lessen the area of the sail that is exposed to the wind

verb

• lower and bring partially inboard

• roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area

• reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef

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