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navies
(encz) | navies,flotily pl. |
navies
(encz) | navies,námořnictva pl. |
Navies
(gcide) | Navvy \Nav"vy\, n.; pl. Navies. [Abbreviated fr. navigator.]
Originally, a laborer on canals for internal navigation;
hence, a laborer on other public works, as in building
railroads, embankments, etc. [Eng.]
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Navies
(gcide) | Navy \Na"vy\; n.; pl. Navies. [ OF. navie, fr. L. navis ship.
See Nave of a church.]
1. A fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many
as sail in company. "The navy also of Hiram, that brought
gold from Ophir." --1 kings x. 11.
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2. The whole of the war vessels belonging to a nation or
ruler, considered collectively; as, the navy of Italy.
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3. The officers and men attached to the war vessels of a
nation; as, he belongs to the navy.
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4. same as navy blue.
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Navy bean. see Bean.
Navy yard, a place set apart as a shore station for the use
of the navy. It often contains all the mechanical and
other appliences for building and equipping war vessels
and training their crews.
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navies
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