| 单词 | dispatch-boat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdispatch-boat dispatch-boat n. (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels with other specific uses > [noun] > communication vessel or dispatch boat patache1589 advicec1595 adviser?1616 adviso1624 advice boat1652 dispatch1694 aviso1714 dispatch-boat1794 dispatch-vessel1809 1794 Deb. Congr. U.S. 20 Mar. (1849) l482 The President..[shall] be authorized to employ, as despatch-boats, such of the revenue cutters of the United States, as the public exigencies may require. 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Dispatch-boat, a name given to a swift vessel, formerly a fast sailer, now a small steamboat, used in dispatch duty. < as lemmas |
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