Brig
[brɪg]
Definition
(noun.) a penal institution (especially on board a ship).
(noun.) two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts.
Checker: McDonald--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A bridge.
(n.) A two-masted, square-rigged vessel.
Checker: Wade
Definition
n. a two-masted square-rigged vessel.
Typist: Trevor
Examples
- The brig was blown up in the presence of an immense throng, and Fulton finally sold his invention to the British government for $75,000. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- ChriSt. Fourth Division, Brig. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Fulton finally went to England and there built a boat with which he attached a torpedo to a condemned brig, set aside for that purpose. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Mahone's Brig. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- A little breeze came up and the brig drew away from the pirates, leaving the two proas to pick up those Malays from the water that the sharks had missed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Decimus Forthridge, of the American brig Independence, showed his Yankee pluck and resource in defeating an attack of Malay pirates with no other armament than fancy fireworks. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Volunteer Engineers, Brig. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- FITZHUGH LEE'S Division Brig. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Wesley Merritt Second Division, Brig. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Typist: Lolita