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Brig : (noun)
1: two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts
2: a penal institution (especially on board a ship)
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Brig : \Brig\, n. [Origin unknown.] (Nav.)
On a United States man-of-war, the prison or place of
confinement for offenders.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Brig : \Brig\ (br[i^]g), n.
A bridge. [Scot.] --Burns.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Brig : \Brig\, n. [Shortened from Brigantine.] (Naut.)
A two-masted, square-rigged vessel.
Hermaphrodite brig, a two-masted vessel square-rigged
forward and schooner-rigged aft. See Illustration in
Appendix.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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