liquen.
an alleged name for a kind of small seagoing vessel, is probably a spurious word: in the French text of Froissart, which Berners followed, lique is believed to be a mistake for ligne: see line n.3
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1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. lxxxiiii. h b/2 A lytell shyppe called Lyque [Fr. lique].
1847 N. H. Nicolas Hist. Royal Navy II. 164 Lique was a small, light, swift vessel. Froissart says [etc.].
1894 C. N. Robinson Brit. Fleet 210 ‘Liques’ and ‘lynes’, small swift rowing galleys.
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