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n. - A broad strait of the North Sea between Jutland and Norway.

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  • These classic wooden seats by Danish furniture-maker, Skagerak, have so many uses in a small apartment.
  • This was all the better for us, as we could hardly be said to be absolutely ready for sea when we passed Færder, and came into the capricious Skagerak.
  • The fishing village of Skagen -- the Skaw -- lies where the northern-most tip of the Danish peninsula known as Jutland bends East and breaks the surging waters of the Kattegat...
  • Within three weeks Thijssen again put to sea with twenty-two ships, and by skilful manoeuvring he succeeded in making his way through the Skagerak and the Sound, and...
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