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A complete general encyclopedia of 1921 — the world as it was understood just after the Great War, from Aachen to Zwingli, across twelve volumes and six thousand pages.

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Boat

a small open vessel or watercraft usually moved by oars or rowing. The boats belonging to a ship of war are boats belonging to a merchant vessel are launch or long boat, before mentioned, cutters, the jolly boat and the gig. The boats belonging to a merchant vessel are launch or long boat, before mentioned, the skiff, the jolly boat or yawl, the stern boat, the quarter boat and the captain's gig.

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