a sea-port town of France, in the department of the Straits of Calais, in the English Channel, twelve miles south-west from Calais, and eight north from Boulogne. At this port Caesar embarked his cavalry when he invaded England; and James II., when he abdicated the crown landed. It is defended with a battery of cannon. E. Long. 1° 37'. N. Lat. 50° 48'.