barque

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barque, bark boat XV; three-masted vessel XVII. — (O)F. barque, prob. — Pr. barca :- late L. barca, of which a var. *barica may be repr. by BARGE.
Hence barquentine XVII, after BRIGANTINE.

barque

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barque / bärk/ • n. variant spelling ofbark3 .

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