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English Dictionary: hermaphrodite brig by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hermaphrodite brig
n
  1. two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast
    Synonym(s): brigantine, hermaphrodite brig
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Brig \Brig\, n. [Shortened from {Brigantine}.] (Naut.)
      A two-masted, square-rigged vessel.
  
      {Hermaphrodite brig}, a two-masted vessel square-rigged
            forward and schooner-rigged aft. See Illustration in
            Appendix.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hermaphrodite \Her*maph"ro*dite\, a.
      Including, or being of, both sexes; as, an hermaphrodite
      animal or flower.
  
      {Hermaphrodite brig}. (Naut.) See under {Brig}. --Totten.
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