pinnace

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As my eyes became used to the dim light which entered the compartment through a chink or crevice here and there, I perceived how carefully every part of the pinnace was arranged and marked with numbers, so that if only I could bestow sufficient time on the work, and contrive space in which to execute it, I might reasonably hope for success.

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  1. noun A light boat propelled by sails or oars, formerly used as a tender for merchant and war vessels.
  2. noun Any of various kinds of ship's boats.

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  • The crew of the pinnace are attempting the bows with indifferent success. —  The King's Own
  • The pinnace, after landing the party, had sailed away, in order to prevent the Spaniards seizing upon those on board; and when Captain Drake reached the shore she was not in sight, having indeed hauled her wind, and made off, on the approach of the Spanish fleet The situation seemed bad, indeed, for it was certain that the Spaniards would land their troops and search the shore; and it was of the highest importance that the pinnace should be discovered first There was a counsel held, and the men were well-nigh despairing. —  Under Drake's Flag A Tale of the Spanish Main
  • The pinnace, the water barrels, the coamings of the cargo hatches, were smashed to fragments as the gun turned this way and that and went plunging in search of victims Illustration: THE BRAWN OF THESE LADS MADE THE PIKE A MATCH FOR A PIRATE'S CUTLASS Left to themselves, the seamen of the Plymouth Adventure would have risked their lives to cast ropes about the gun and moor it fast. —  Blackbeard: Buccaneer
  • These startled pirates let go the tackle and the guy rope and, with one accord, leaped for the pinnace which floated close to the bank. —  Blackbeard: Buccaneer
  • Stand back, ye lunatics, while we do the thing with order and decency Already the pinnace was filled with cursing pirates who saw that the game was lost. —  Blackbeard: Buccaneer
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  1. French pinace, from Old French, probably from Old Spanish pinaza, from pino, pine tree, boat, from Latin pīnus; see peiə- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Formerly also pinace; from French pinasse, pinace = Spanish pinaza = Portuguese pinaça, from Italian pinazza, pinassa, a pinnace, pine, anything made of pine, a ship, from Latin pinus, pine: see pine, n.
 

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