Brig \Brig\, n. [Origin unknown.] (Nav.)
   On a United States man-of-war, the prison or place of
   confinement for offenders.
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Brig \Brig\, n.
   A bridge. [Scot.] --Burns.
   
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Brig \Brig\, n. [Shortened from {Brigantine}.] (Naut.)
   A two-masted, square-rigged vessel.
   
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   {Hermaphrodite brig}, a two-masted vessel square-rigged
      forward and schooner-rigged aft. See Illustration in
      Appendix.
      
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