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barque

  [bahrk]
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–noun
bark 3 .

bark

3  [bahrk]
–noun
1. Nautical. a sailing vessel having three or more masts, square-rigged on all but the aftermost mast, which is fore-and-aft-rigged.
2. Literary. a boat or sailing vessel.
Also, barque.

Origin:
1425–75; late ME barke < OF barque ≪ LL barca, L *bārica, bāris < Gk bâris Egyptian barge < Coptic barī barge
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bark 3 also barque   (bärk)   
n.  
  1. A sailing ship with from three to five masts, all of them square-rigged except the after mast, which is fore-and-aft rigged.
  2. A small vessel that is propelled by oars or sails.

[Middle English barke, boat, from Old French barque, from Old Italian barca, from Latin.]
barque   (bärk)   
n.  Variant of bark3.
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Barque

Barque\, n. Same as 3d Bark, n.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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barque

sailing ship of three or more masts, the rear (mizzenmast) being rigged for a fore-and-aft rather than a square sail. Until fore-and-aft rigs were applied to large ships to reduce crew sizes, the term was often used for any small sailing vessel. In poetic use, a bark can be any sailing ship or boat.

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