frigate

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Originally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars. The French, about 1650, transferred the name to larger vessels, and by 1750 it had been appropriated for a class of war vessels intermediate between corvettes and ships of the line. Frigates, from about 1750 to 1850, had one full battery deck and, often, a spar deck with a lighter battery. They carried sometimes as many as fifty guns. After the application of steam to navigation steam frigates of largely increased size and power were built, and formed the main part of the navies of the world till about 1870, when the introduction of ironclads superseded them.

Any small vessel on the water.

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There is no Frigate like a book to take us lands away nor any coursers like a page of prancing Poetry. Emily Dickinson

I do believe that his given name is something odd. Peregrine, Penrose- Piers, that's it." "He sounds like a dock." Lord Sundron put in. "Mrs. Hutchins called me a light frigate this morning," Linnet said "a dock might be just the thing for me. Eloisa James

Suddenly a pair of searchlights lanced out from the frigate. They swept across the dark expanse - bright knives slicing the night into pieces. Scott Westerfeld

Your lesson plan is excellent - except for the Emily Dickinson line: "There is no frigate like a book." The sentiment is lovely, the quotation is apt - only trouble is the word "frigate." Just try to say it in class - and your lesson is over. Bel Kaufman

There is no Frigate like a Book To take us Lands away Nor any Coursers like a Page Of prancing Poetry – This Traverse may the poorest take Without oppress of Toll – How frugal is the Chariot That bears a Human soul. Emily Dickinson

There is no frigate like a book to take us lands away... Emily Dickinson

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