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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 628 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PINNACE , the name of two types of See also:

VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel or See also:

BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

boat, one a See also:

LIGHT

light sailing vessel with two See also:

SCHOONER

schooner-rigged masts, the other a heavy eight-oared See also:

man-of-See also:

war's boat .

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