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Webster 1913 Edition

Brig

Brig

,
Noun.
A bridge.
[Scot.]
Burns.

Brig

,
Noun.
[Shortened from
Brigantine
.]
(Naut.)
A two-masted, square-rigged vessel.
Hermaphrodite brig
,
a two-masted vessel square-rigged forward and schooner-rigged aft. See Illustration in Appendix.

Webster 1828 Edition

Brig

BRIG

, the termination of names, signifies a bridge, or perhaps, in some cases, a town, or burg.

BRIG

,
Noun.
[from brigantine.] A vessel with two masts, square rigged,or rigged nearly like a ship's mainmast and foremast. The term, however, is variously applied by the mariners of different nations.

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