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schooner


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Schooner  \Schoon"er\,  n.  [D.] 
  A  large  goblet  or  drinking  glass,  --  used  for  lager  beer  or 
  ale.  [U.S.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Schooner  \Schoon"er\,  n.  [See  the  Note  below.  Cf  {Shun}.] 
  (Naut.) 
  Originally,  a  small  sharp-built  vessel,  with  two  masts  and 
  fore-and-aft  rig.  Sometimes  it  carried  square  topsails  on  one 
  or  both  masts  and  was  called  a  {topsail  schooner}.  About 
  1840,  longer  vessels  with  three  masts,  fore-and-aft  rigged, 
  came  into  use  and  since  that  time  vessels  with  four  masts 
  and  even  with  six  masts,  so  rigged,  are  built.  Schooners  with 
  more  than  two  masts  are  designated  three-masted  schooners, 
  four-masted  schooners,  etc  See  Illustration  in  Appendix. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  schooner 
  n  1:  a  large  beer  glass 
  2:  used  in  former  time 




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