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Hermaphrodite brig   /hərmˈæfrədˌaɪt brɪg/   Listen
Hermaphrodite brig

noun
1.
Two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast.  Synonym: brigantine.





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"Hermaphrodite brig" Quotes from Famous Books



... ship," replied Peaks, as he turned partly round, so that he could see the craft. "That's a 'mofferdite brig; or, as bookish people would say, an hermaphrodite brig—half brig and half schooner. You must call things, especially vessels, by their right names, or you will fall in the ...
— Up The Baltic - Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark • Oliver Optic


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