Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In Greek antiquity, a ship of burden; a merchantman.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A large ship of burden, in ancient Greece.

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  • noun historical A large merchantman ship in Ancient Greece.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek. Compare hulk.

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