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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—M

Mynian Sails

The ship Argo; so called because its crew were natives of Mynia.

When his black whirlwinds o'er the ocean rolled
And rent the Mynian sails.

Camoens: Lusiad, bk. vi.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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