Junk

[dʒʌŋk]

Definition

(noun.) any of various Chinese boats with a high poop and lugsails.

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Definition

(n.) A fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece. See Chunk.

(n.) Pieces of old cable or old cordage, used for making gaskets, mats, swabs, etc., and when picked to pieces, forming oakum for filling the seams of ships.

(n.) Old iron, or other metal, glass, paper, etc., bought and sold by junk dealers.

(n.) Hard salted beef supplied to ships.

(n.) A large vessel, without keel or prominent stem, and with huge masts in one piece, used by the Chinese, Japanese, Siamese, Malays, etc., in navigating their waters.

Checker: Mandy

Definition

n. a Chinese vessel with high forecastle and poop sometimes large and three-masted.

n. a thick piece chunk.

n. pieces of old cordage used for making mats &c. and when picked to pieces forming oakum for the seams of ships: salt meat supplied to vessels for long voyages so called because it becomes as hard as old rope.—ns. Junk′-deal′er Junk′man a dealer in junk; Junk′-ring a metal ring confining a fibrous piston-packing; Junk′-shop a place where junk is bought and sold.

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