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Hermaphrodite brig   /hərmˈæfrədˌaɪt brɪg/   Listen
noun
Brig  n.  (Naut.) A two-masted, square-rigged vessel.
Hermaphrodite brig, a two-masted vessel square-rigged forward and schooner-rigged aft.


adjective
Hermaphrodite  adj.  Including, or being of, both sexes; as, an hermaphrodite animal or flower.
Hermaphrodite brig. (Naut.) See under Brig.





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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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