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Webster 1913 Edition


Piragua

Pi-ra′gua

,
Noun.
See
Pirogue
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Piragua

PIRAGUA

,
Noun.
pirau'gua. This word is variously written, periagua or pirogue. The former is the spelling of Washington and Jefferson; the latter of Charlevoix.]
1.
A canoe formed out of the truck of a tree, or two canoes united.
2.
In modern usage in America, a narrow ferry boat carrying two masts and a leeboard.