polacca (2)

[POLACRE.] *pō'-lăck, a . & 8. [Fr. polaque .] A. As adj .: Polish. ( Shakesp .: Hamlet, v. 2.) B. As substantive : A Pole; a native of Poland. (Shakesp.: Hamlet , i. 1.) pô-lăc-re (re as er), *po-laque, subst . [Italian polacca , polaccra ; French polaque ; Port. polaca , polhacra ; properly a Polish ve el.] Naut .: A three-masted ve el used in the Mediterranean. The masts are usually of one piece, so that they have neither tops, caps, nor cro -trees, nor horses to their upper yards. (Byron: Beppo , xcv.) polacre-ship, subst . A polacca. ( London Daily Telegraph .) Põl-and-er, s. [Eng. Poland ; -er.] A native of Poland; a Pole.