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NAVIES
Noun
navies
plural of navy
Anagrams
• Visean, evasin, naives, naïves, savine
Source: Wiktionary
NAVY
Na"vy; n.; pl. Navies. Etym: [ OF. navie, fr. L. navis ship. See Nave of a church.]
1. A fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many as sail in company. "The navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir." 1 kings x. 11.
2. The whole of the war vessels belonging to a nation or ruler, considered collectively; as, the navy of Italy.
3. The officers and men attached to the war vessels of a nation; as, he belongs to the navy. Navy bean. see Bean.
– Navy yard, a place set apart as a shore station for the use of the navy. It often contains all the mechanical and other appliences for building and equipping war vessels and training their crews.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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