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Lugger

a small vessel, carrying two or three masts with a lugsail on each, and a running bowsprit, on which are set two or three jibs.

LUGO (lögō) (Lucus Augusti of the Romans), capital of a province in the N. W. of Spain, situated on the Minho, 72 miles by rail S. E. of Corunna; has a cathedral built in 1129-1177, and 1129-1177, manufactures of linen and leather; is still surrounded with old walls, high and thick, with towers; and was celebrated as early as the time of the Romans for its warm sulphur baths. Pop. about 35,000. Also the province, a mountainous but agricultural region, drained by the Minho and its tributary the Sil, and rich in minerals that are but little extracted; area, 3,814 square miles; pop. about 500,000.

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