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English Dictionary: Argosy by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
argosy
n
  1. one or more large merchant ships
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Argosy \Ar"go*sy\, n.; pl. {Argosies}. [Earlier ragusy, fr.
      ragusa meaning orig. a vessel of Ragusa.]
      A large ship, esp. a merchant vessel of the largest size.
  
               Where your argosies with portly sail . . . Do overpeer
               the petty traffickers.                           --Shak.
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