pungy

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The pungy captain's temper rose, his superstition not being equal to that of most people, and he cried again,

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  1. A small boat like a sharpey. [Massachusetts.]
  2. A kind of schooner peculiar to the oyster-trade of Chesapeake Bay, sailing fast, and holding from 300 to 600 bushels of oysters. Broca.
  3. Canoe pungy a canoe like a pungy, used in oyster-dredging. [Chesapeake Bay.]

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