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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A three-masted vessel, especially such a schooner.
Examples
“The other vessels were two-masted schooners, but she was a three-master and the largest in the fleet.”
“Shran worked his way down from the "current" name-bearer, the starship on which he was a guest, to the space shuttle, to the aircraft carrier, and finally to the three-master.”
“In the year 1795 a three-master, the ‘Juno,’ was precisely in the same half-sunk, water-logged condition as ourselves; and yet with her passengers and crew clinging to her top-masts she drifted for twenty days, until she came in sight of land, when those who had survived the deprivation and fatigue were saved.”
“The “Chancellor” is a fine square-rigged three-master, of 900 tons burden, and belongs to the wealthy”
“Armed with this praise, John Paul had won command—as well as a guarantee of the share of the profits—of a larger ship, a three-master of some 300 tons, the Betsy.”
“As if obeying his words, the derelict three-master stopped, came about and headed for us once more.”
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“No wonder that we were surprised at seeing this three-master heading dead for us in the gloom of early morning.”
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“Before we had time even to move, nothing remained of the three-master save some pieces of wreckage floating on the surface and an army of rats covering the rocks left bare by the receding tide.”
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“Itchoua pointed, and following his finger, we saw a big three-master, with all sail set, heading straight for the light.”
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“His escort paid for his passage aboard an outbound merchant ship, a three-master whose white sails shone impossibly bright against the lowering sky.”
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