SHIPS. 175 



Flag'-ship. — A sliip which has on board an officer who has 

 a right to carry a flag, in distinction from the other vessels 

 under his command. 



Frig' ate. — A ship of war having one covered gun-deck and 

 more than twenty-eight guns. 



Gal'iot. — A Dutch vessel carrying a mainmast and a mizzen- 

 mast and a large gaff mainsail. 



Gallivat. — A small vessel used on the Malabar coast. 



Junk.— A Chinese vessel. 



Ketch. — A strongly-built vessel of no well-specified rig, but 

 usually two-masted, and from one hundred to two hundred 

 and fifty tons' burden. 



Lug'ger. — A vessel carrying three masts, witb a running bow- 

 sprit, upon which she sets lug-sails, and sometimes has 

 topsails adapted to them. 



Pin'nace. — A small vessel navigated with oars and sails, and 

 having generally two masts, which are rigged like those of 

 a schooner. 



Privateer'. — An armed vessel belonging to one or more private 

 individuals, licensed by government to take prizes from an 

 enemy. 



Sa'ic. — A Turkish or Grecian vessel very common in the Le- 

 vant; a kind of ketch, which has no topgallant-sail or 

 mizzen-topsail. 



Sclioon'er. — A small, sharp-built vessel, with two masts, of 

 considerable length and rake, with small topmasts, and 

 fore-and-aft sails. It carries a square topsail and a top- 

 gallant-sail. 



Shal'lop. — A kind of large boat with two masts, usually rigged 

 like a schooner. 



Sloop. — A vessel of one mast, the mainsail of which is attached 

 to a gaif above, to a boom below, and to the mast on its 

 foremost edge ; differing from a cutter by having a fixed 

 bowsprit and a jib-stay. 



Sloop-of-War. — A vessel rigged either as a ship, brig, or 

 schooner, and usually carrying from ten to eighteen guns. 



Snow. — A vessel ecjuipped with two masts resembling the main 

 and fore masts of a ship, and a third small mast just abaft 

 the mainmast carrying a try-sail. 



Tar 'tan. — A small coasting-vessel used in the Mediterranean, 

 having one mast and a bowsprit, and the principal sail, 

 which is very large, extended by a lateen-yard. 



