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[ buhg-ahy ] / ˈbʌgˌaɪ /
noun, plural bug·eyes.Nautical.a ketch-rigged sailing vessel used on Chesapeake Bay. Origin of bugeye1880–85, Americanism;bug1 + eye, after the former practice of painting a large eye on each bow Words nearby bugeyeBugatti, Bugayev, bugbane, bugbear, bugboy, bugeye, bug-eyed, bugger, bugger about, bugger-all, bugger off Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bugeyeIn essence the bugeye was a large canoe, fully decked, with a fixed rig following that of the brogan. Some Notes on Shipbuilding and Shipping in Colonial Virginia|Cerinda W. Evans When we came to the surface we noticed a "bugeye" (a small schooner) "hove to" about fifty yards to the leeward. The Submarine in War and Peace|Simon Lake From the dugout have come the piragua, Rose's tobacco boat, and the Chesapeake Bay canoe and bugeye as we see them today. Some Notes on Shipbuilding and Shipping in Colonial Virginia|Cerinda W. Evans The crew started forward and the Captain held the bugeye to its course to the strange island. The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories|Charles Weathers Bump
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