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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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