drabler
The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
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drabler, or drabbler, an additional length of
canvas laced onto the
foot of the
bonnet of a sail in a
square-rigged ship to give it a greater area when
running free in light winds.
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John Stuart, 4th earl of Atholl
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
John Stuart, 4th earl of Atholl , d. 1579, Scottish nobleman. He succeeded...Hepburn, earl of Bothwell, to power, Atholl joined the Protestant lords against Mary...preventing the election of James Douglas, 4th earl of Morton , to the regency in 1572...
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James Douglas Morton, 4th earl of
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James Douglas Morton, 4th earl of d. 1581, Scottish nobleman...counselor to the regent James Stuart, 1st earl of Murray , and became...by the 6th earl of Argyll and John Stuart , 4th earl of Atholl, who persuaded the boy king...
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