DCHP-3

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n. — Maritimes

a large ocean wave.

Quotations

1916
A seething grayback struck the dory and piled over the low gunnel.
1964
A languid "greyback" sea crawled under the dory's stern; the . . . craft yawed and slid . . . a little cloud of spray from the breaking crest of the following sea blew over.