GCIDE: Defining Brig using "exact" search strategy.
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| Source: gcide | 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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| Source: gcide | Brig \Brig\, n.
A bridge. [Scot.] --Burns.
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| Source: gcide | 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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