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An engagement between ships at sea; a naval battle.
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A person employed in a hotel, or a club, or on board a ship, to provide for the table, superintend the culinary affairs, etc. In naval vessels, the captain's steward, wardroom steward, steerage steward, warrant officers steward, etc., are petty officers who provide for the messes under their charge.
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A sign or memorial of a victory raised on the field of battle, or, in case of a naval victory, on the nearest land. Sometimes trophies were erected in the chief city of the conquered people.
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A person whose occupation is to construct ships and other vessels; a naval architect; a shipwright.
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Having great military or naval force; powerful; as, a strong army or fleet; a nation strong at sea.
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Duty performed in, or appropriate to, any office or charge; official function; hence, specifically, military or naval duty; performance of the duties of a soldier.
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Of or pertaining to Navarre.
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The act of a naval commander who visits, or enters on board, a vessel belonging to another nation, for the purpose of ascertaining her character and object, but without claiming or exercising a right of searching the vessel. It is, however, usually coupled with the right of search (see under Search), visitation being used for the purpose of search.
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A vessel used to carry naval stores for a fleet, garrison, or the like.
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Naval affairs.
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Naval architecturel the art of constructing ships and other vessels.
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A native or inhabitant of Navarre; the people of Navarre.
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Having to do with shipping; of or pertaining to ships or a navy; consisting of ships; as, naval forces, successes, stores, etc.
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A naval vessel carrying seventy-four guns.
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A vessel employed to carry provisions, usually for military or naval use; a provision use; a provision ship.
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A composition of substances which in combustion emit a suffocating odor; -- used formerly in naval warfare.
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A device emblematic of union, used on a national flag or ensign, sometimes, as in the military standard of Great Britain, covering the whole field; sometimes, as in the flag of the United States, and the English naval and marine flag, occupying the upper inner corner, the rest of the flag being called the fly. Also, a flag having such a device; especially, the flag of Great Britain.
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A man in charge of stores or goods of any kind; as, a naval storekeeper.
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Structures in civil, military, or naval engineering, as docks, bridges, embankments, trenches, fortifications, and the like; also, the structures and grounds of a manufacturing establishment; as, iron works; locomotive works; gas works.
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A vessel employed as a nautical training school, in which naval apprentices receive their education at the expense of the state, and are trained for service as sailors. Also, a vessel used as a reform school to which boys are committed by the courts to be disciplined, and instructed as mariners.
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