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- noun obsolete, nautical a form of
gallery orbridge , pivoted in the middle, fitted to ancientships as a means ofboarding and enemy vessel
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Examples
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Titan nature, carous, eaten into by a hundred mean vices.
The Countess of Albany Vernon Lee 1895
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-- "Mrs. Eddy has healed carous bones and cancers.
The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day Harriet Stark
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