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hermaphrodite brig
noun
- a two-masted sailing vessel, square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft-rigged on the mainmast.
hermaphrodite brig
noun
- a sailing vessel with two masts, rigged square on the foremast and fore-and-aft on the aftermast Also calledbrigantine
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of hermaphrodite brig1
First recorded in 1830–40
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An hermaphrodite brig was seventy one days from New Orleans—and a keel boat one hundred and one; the latter to Louisville.
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At seven, this morning, we gave chase to a Yankee-looking hermaphrodite brig.
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The �pervier had under her convoy an English hermaphrodite brig, a Russian and a Spanish ship, which all hauled their wind, and stood to the east-northeast.
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She was a hermaphrodite brig, and old-fashioned at that.
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She was an hermaphrodite brig of 310 tons, mounting 17 guns.
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