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navy |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Navy \Na"vy\; n.; pl {Navies}. [ OF navie, fr L. navis ship. See {Nave} of a church.] 1. A fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many as sail in company. ``The navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir.'' --1 kings x. 11. 2. The whole of the war vessels belonging to a nation or ruler, considered collectively; as the navy of Italy. 3. The officers and men attached to the war vessels of a nation; as he belongs to the navy. {Navy bean}. see {Bean}. {Navy yard}, a place set apart as a shore station for the use of the navy. It often contains all the mechanical and other appliences for building and equipping war vessels and training their crews. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: navy n 1: an organization of military naval forces [syn: {naval forces}] 2: a dark shade of blue [syn: {dark blue}, {navy blue}]
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