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1. Brig
   Brig is slang for a prison.
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2. Brig
   Brig is slang for a prison.
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3. brig
   [n] - two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts 2. [n] - a penal institution (especially on board a ship)
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4. Brig
   A Northumbrian dialect word for bridge, often found in place- or street-names.
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5. Brig
   Brig (brĭg) noun A bridge. [ Scot.] Burns.
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6. Brig
   Brig noun [ Shortened from Brigantine .] (Nautical) A two-masted, square-rigged vessel. Hermaphrodite brig , a two-masted vessel square- rigged forward and schooner-rigged aft. See Illustration in Appendix.
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7. Brig
   Brig noun [ Origin unknown.] (Nav.) On a United States man-of-war, the prison or place of confinement for offenders.
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8. brig
   noun a penal institution (especially on board a ship)
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9. Brig
   • (n.) A bridge. • (n.) A two-masted, square-rigged vessel. • (n.) On a United States man-of-war, the prison or place of confinement for offenders.
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10. brig
    two-masted sailing ship with square rigging on both masts. Brigs were used for both naval and mercantile purposes. As merchant vessels, they plied ...
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11. Brig
    A brig is a two-masted sailing vessel, square-rigged on both masts.
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12. brig
    
    • two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts
    • a penal institution (especially on board a ship)
    
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13. brig
    brig, two-masted sailing vessel, square-rigged on both masts. Brigs have been used as cargo ships and also, in the past, as small warships carrying about 10 guns. They vary in length between 75 and 130 ft (23–40 m), with tonnages up to 350. A brigantine is a somewhat smaller two-masted vessel,...
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14. Brig
    Brig (brēk) , Fr. Brigue, town, Valais canton, S Switzerland, on the Rhône River, at the north entrance of the Simplon Tunnel. Although it has a noted 17th-century palace, Brig is primarily known as the junction of the Simplon, Lötschberg, and Furka rail lines. The primary economic ...
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15. Brig
    A `brig` is a sailing vessel with two square-rigged masts. During the Age of Sail, brigs were seen as fast and manoeuvrable and were used as both naval warships and merchant vessels. They were especially popular in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Brigs fell out of use with the arrival of the stea...
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