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See also:DINGHY, or DINGEY (from the See also:Hindu dengi a small See also:boat, the diminutive of denga, a See also:sloop or See also:coasting See also:vessel) , a See also:boat of greatly varying See also:size and shape, used on the See also:rivers of See also:India; the See also:term is applied also, in certain districts, to a larger boat used for See also:coasting purposes . The name was adopted by the merchantmen trading with India, and is now generally used to designate the small extra boat kept for See also:general purposes on a See also:man-of-See also:war or See also:merchant See also:vessel, and also, on the See also:Thames, for small See also:pleasure boats built for one or two pairs of sculls . |
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