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SCAMPAVIA
Scam`pa*vi"a, n. Etym: [It.]
Definition: A long, low war galley used by the Neapolitans and Sicilians in the early part of the nineteenth century.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RECREANT
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
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