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nun buoy

[nuhn]
–noun
a conical, unlighted buoy used as a channel marker, esp. on the starboard side of a channel entering from seaward.
Compare can buoy.


Origin:
1695–1705; obs. nun spinning top + buoy
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nun buoy

noun
a buoy resembling a cone [syn: conical buoy
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