Pirate Speak - Ships

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 * '''Definition"
 * barkadeer
 * A small pier or jetty vessel.
 * barque (also bark)
 * A sailing ship with from three to five masts, all of them square-rigged except the after mast, which is fore-and-aft rigged; a small vessel that is propelled by oars or sails.
 * brig / brigantine
 * a smaller, two-masted class of ship often favoured by pirates beacuse of their speed and maneuverability. The term 'brig' also refers to a cage or room on a ship used to hold prisoners
 * clipper
 * A fast moving ship.
 * Cog
 * A small warship.
 * fire ship
 * A ship loaded with powder and tar then set afire and set adrift against enemy ships to destroy them.
 * galleon
 * A large three-masted sailing ship with a square rig and usually two or more decks, used from the 15th to the 17th century especially by Spain as a merchant ship or warship.
 * galley
 * (1) A low, flat vessel propelled partly, or wholly by oars. (2) a ship's kitchen
 * hulk
 * British prison ships that captured pirates and privateers.
 * jolly boat
 * A light boat carried at the stern of a larger sailing ship.
 * long boat
 * The largest boat carried by a ship which is used to move large loads such as anchors, chains, or ropes. pirates use the boats to transport the bulk of heavier treasures.
 * Man-of-War or Man O' War
 * A vessel designed and outfitted for battle.
 * pink
 * A small sailing vessel with a sharply narrowed stern and an overhanging transom.
 * pinnace
 * A light boat propelled by sails or oars, used as a tender for merchant and war vessels; a boat for communication between ship and shore.
 * schooner
 * A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel having at least two masts, with a foremast that is usually smaller than the other masts.
 * sloop
 * Small, fast ship with a narrow, shallow hull and large sails. Normally, sloops had only a mainmast.
 * tender
 * A vessel attendant on other vessels, especially one that ferries supplies between ship and shore; a small boat towed or carried by a ship.
 * wherry
 * A light, swift rowboat built for one person usually used in inland waters or harbors.
 * yawl (or dandy)
 * A two-masted fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel similar to the ketch but having a smaller jigger- or mizzenmast stepped abaft the rudder; a ships small boat, crewed by rowers.
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 * A small sailing vessel with a sharply narrowed stern and an overhanging transom.
 * pinnace
 * A light boat propelled by sails or oars, used as a tender for merchant and war vessels; a boat for communication between ship and shore.
 * schooner
 * A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel having at least two masts, with a foremast that is usually smaller than the other masts.
 * sloop
 * Small, fast ship with a narrow, shallow hull and large sails. Normally, sloops had only a mainmast.
 * tender
 * A vessel attendant on other vessels, especially one that ferries supplies between ship and shore; a small boat towed or carried by a ship.
 * wherry
 * A light, swift rowboat built for one person usually used in inland waters or harbors.
 * yawl (or dandy)
 * A two-masted fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel similar to the ketch but having a smaller jigger- or mizzenmast stepped abaft the rudder; a ships small boat, crewed by rowers.
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 * wherry
 * A light, swift rowboat built for one person usually used in inland waters or harbors.
 * yawl (or dandy)
 * A two-masted fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel similar to the ketch but having a smaller jigger- or mizzenmast stepped abaft the rudder; a ships small boat, crewed by rowers.
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