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ketch vs. schooner

[ kech ]
noun
  1. a sailing vessel rigged fore and aft on two masts, the larger, forward one being the mainmast and the after one, stepped forward of the rudderpost, being the mizzen or jigger.
[ skoo-ner ]
noun
  1. any of various types of sailing vessel having a foremast and mainmast, with or without other masts, and having fore-and-aft sails on all lower masts.
  2. a very tall glass, as for beer.
  3. prairie schooner.

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