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ˌship-of-ˈwar ? Now rare.
A ship equipped for warfare; a man-of-war, warship.
1479Cely Papers (Camden) 19, I here saye ther schall goe schepys of war to the see. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 610 He was encountered with a shippe of warre, appertayning to the Duke of Excester. 1644H. Manwayring Seaman's Dict. 65 A Ship of War (which is called a man of War among Sea-men). 1706E. Ward Wooden World Diss. 107 Our Ships of War are undisputably the best in the World. 1769Falconer Dict. Marine (1780) s.v. Ship, Ships of war are properly equipped with artillery [etc.]. 1800Charnock Mar. Archit. I. Pref. xcv, The custom..of appointing land officers..to the command of ships of war. 1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. II. xxxiv. 363 A larger ship-of-war from that station joined the expedition.
attrib.1863P. Barry Dockyard Econ. 4 The thought of permanent ship-of-war construction in the private shipyards was seriously in contemplation. |