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Barque
noun · 78% connection
Formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a saili…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, swift-sailing, vessel, propelled, oars.
Blanket
adjective · 78% connection
A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually of wool, and having a nap, used in bed clothing; also, a similar fabric used as a robe; or any…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, swift-sailing, vessel, propelled, oars.
Caravel
noun · 78% connection
A name given to several kinds of vessels.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, swift-sailing, vessel, propelled, oars.
Catamaran
noun · 78% connection
A kind of raft or float, consisting of two or more logs or pieces of wood lashed together, and moved by paddles or sail; -- used as a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, swift-sailing, vessel, propelled, oars.
Dahabeah
noun · 78% connection
A Nile boat constructed on the model of a floating house, having large lateen sails.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, swift-sailing, vessel, propelled, oars.
Dhow
noun · 78% connection
A coasting vessel of Arabia, East Africa, and the Indian Ocean. It has generally but one mast and a lateen sail.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, swift-sailing, vessel, propelled, oars.
Dromon
unknown · 78% connection
In the Middle Ages, a large, fast-sailing galley, or cutter; a large, swift war vessel.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, swift-sailing, vessel, propelled, oars.
Frigate
noun · 78% connection
Originally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars. The French, about 1650, transferred the name to larger vesse…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, swift-sailing, vessel, propelled, oars.
Galiot
noun · 78% connection
A small galley, formerly used in the Mediterranean, built mainly for speed. It was moved both by sails and oars, having one mast, and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, swift-sailing, vessel, propelled, oars.
Galleon
noun · 78% connection
A sailing vessel of the 15th and following centuries, often having three or four decks, and used for war or commerce. The term is ofte…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, swift-sailing, vessel, propelled, oars.
Galley
noun · 78% connection
A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, swift-sailing, vessel, propelled, oars.
Gallivat
noun · 78% connection
A small armed vessel, with sails and oars, -- used on the Malabar coast.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, swift-sailing, vessel, propelled, oars.
Keel
v. t. & i. · 78% connection
To cool; to skim or stir.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, swift-sailing, vessel, propelled, oars.
Knot
noun · 78% connection
A fastening together of the pars or ends of one or more threads, cords, ropes, etc., by any one of various ways of tying or entangling.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, swift-sailing, vessel, propelled, oars.
Master
noun · 78% connection
A vessel having (so many) masts; -- used only in compounds; as, a two-master.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, swift-sailing, vessel, propelled, oars.
Mediterranean
adjective · 78% connection
Inclosed, or nearly inclosed, with land; as, the Mediterranean Sea, between Europe and Africa.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, swift-sailing, vessel, propelled, oars.
Mistico
noun · 78% connection
A kind of small sailing vessel used in the Mediterranean. It is rigged partly like a xebec, and partly like a felucca.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, swift-sailing, vessel, propelled, oars.
Orthodromics
noun · 78% connection
The art of sailing in a direct course, or on the arc of a great circle, which is the shortest distance between any two points on the s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, swift-sailing, vessel, propelled, oars.
