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English Dictionary: frigate by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
frigate
n
  1. a medium size square-rigged warship of the 18th and 19th centuries
  2. a United States warship larger than a destroyer and smaller than a cruiser
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Frigate \Frig"ate\, n. [F. fr[82]gate, It. fregata, prob.
      contracted fr. L. fabricata something constructed or. built.
      See {Fabricate}.]
      1. Originally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by
            sails and by oars. The French, about 1650, transferred the
            name to larger vessels, and by 1750 it had been
            appropriated for a class of war vessels intermediate
            between corvettes and ships of the line. Frigates, from
            about 1750 to 1850, had one full battery deck and, often,
            a spar deck with a lighter battery. They carried sometimes
            as many as fifty guns. After the application of steam to
            navigation steam frigates of largely increased size and
            power were built, and formed the main part of the navies
            of the world till about 1870, when the introduction of
            ironclads superseded them. [Formerly spelled {frigat} and
            {friggot}.]
  
      2. Any small vessel on the water. [Obs.] --Spenser.
  
      {Frigate bird} (Zo[94]l.), a web-footed rapacious bird, of
            the genus {Fregata}; -- called also {man-of-war bird}, and
            {frigate pelican}. Two species are known; that of the
            Southern United States and West Indies is {F. aquila}.
            They are remarkable for their long wings and powerful
            flight. Their food consists of fish which they obtain by
            robbing gulls, terns, and other birds, of their prey. They
            are related to the pelicans.
  
      {Frigate mackerel} (Zo[94]l.), an oceanic fish ({Auxis
            Rochei}) of little or no value as food, often very
            abundant off the coast of the United States.
  
      {Frigate pelican}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Frigate bird}.
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