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zebec

American

[zee-bek] / ˈzi bɛk /

Or zebeck

noun

Nautical.

xebec.

zebec British

/ ˈziːbɛk /

noun

variant spellings of xebec

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They had not long to wait before they fell in with a large Spanish zebec, the Gamo, which, to the astonishment of the big ship, Lord Cochrane immediately attacked.

From Flags: Some Account of their History and Uses. by Macgeorge, Andrew

The other vessels were a three-masted zebec with an English sloop which she had captured and a schooner.

From A Sailor of King George by Bevan, A. Beckford

One of them gave us notice of a Mexican armed zebec ready to sail with treasure from Mexico for the Havannah.

From A Sailor of King George by Bevan, A. Beckford

We were taken possession of by the Gros Souris, a Spanish zebec with a long eighteen-pounder and seventy-five men.

From A Sailor of King George by Bevan, A. Beckford

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