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Formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind.

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  1. n. Formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind.
  2. n. A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.
  3. n. Same as 3d Bark, n.
  4. n. a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts
  5. 1. Formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind. Byron. 2. (Naut.) A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast squarerigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged. Same as 3d Bark, n.
  6. n:100 n a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts