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for Hermaphrodite brig
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Hermaphrodite \Her*maph"ro*dite\, a.
Including, or being of, both sexes; as, an hermaphrodite
animal or flower.
[1913 Webster]
Hermaphrodite brig. (Naut.) See under Brig. --Totten.
Hermaphroditic
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Brig \Brig\, n. [Shortened from Brigantine.] (Naut.)
A two-masted, square-rigged vessel.
[1913 Webster]
Hermaphrodite brig, a two-masted vessel square-rigged
forward and schooner-rigged aft. See Illustration in
Appendix.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
hermaphrodite brig
n 1: two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast and
fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast [syn: brigantine,
hermaphrodite brig]
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