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xebec
Part of speech: NounA three- masted ship of the Mediterranean Sea; formerly used by Algerian pirates. Also, zebec.
Usage examples "xebec":- Perree was on board the xebec 'Cerf'. - "The Project Gutenberg Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte", Bourrienne, Constant, and Stewarton.
- The shallowness of the river near Cairo obliged us to leave the xebec and get on board a djerm. - "The Project Gutenberg Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte", Bourrienne, Constant, and Stewarton.
- He had received a wound in the right hand, when on board the xebec 'Cerf'. - "The Project Gutenberg Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte", Bourrienne, Constant, and Stewarton.