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Brigantine (3 syl.)

or Hermaphrodite Brig. A two-masted vessel with a brig’s foremast and a schooner’s mainmast. (Dana’s Seaman’s Manual.) A pirate vessel.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Bridgewater Treatises
Bridle
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Bridle up (To)
Bridlegoose (Judge)
Bridport
Brigadore
Brigand
Brigandine
Brigantine
Bright’s Disease
Brigians
Brigliadoro
Brilliant Madman (The)
Briney or Briny
Bring About (To)
Bring Down the House (To)
Bring into Play (To)
Bring Round (To)
Bring To (To)