brig

• A ship and a brig were astern of us, and, though farther by some miles from the distressed ship than we were, they instantly bore down for her, and rendered her this evening the assistance we might have done at noon. —  Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals
• The departure of a brig is an event of little importance for the most commercial port in England. —  The English at the North Pole Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras
• During the following days the Forward gained the north-west with rapidity; the wind veered round south, and the sea had a tremendous swell on; the brig was then going along under full sail. —  The English at the North Pole Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras
• The others we must look upon as the prizes in the lottery Before the sun set the breeze came up to them, and the brig was at once headed for the land. —  Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83)
• The main-mast of a brig is the aft one The sails are named after the masts to which they are fastened,--namely, the main-sail_; above that the main-top-sail_; above that the main-top-gallant-sail_; and sometimes a very small sail, named the royal_, is spread above all. —  Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships

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