corvet

  • 1corvet — same as ↑curvet * * * corvet obs. f. curvet …

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  • 2Corvet — Cor vet (k?r v?t), Corvette Cor*vette (k?r v?r ), n. [F. corvette, fr. Pg. corveta or Sp. corbeta, fr. L. corbita a slow sailing ship of burden, fr, corbis basket. Cf. {Corbeil}.] (Naut.) A war vessel, ranking next below a frigate, and having… …

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  • 3corvet — n. light warship, corvette …

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  • 4Corvette — Corvet Cor vet (k?r v?t), Corvette Cor*vette (k?r v?r ), n. [F. corvette, fr. Pg. corveta or Sp. corbeta, fr. L. corbita a slow sailing ship of burden, fr, corbis basket. Cf. {Corbeil}.] (Naut.) A war vessel, ranking next below a frigate, and… …

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  • 5sloop of war — Corvet Cor vet (k?r v?t), Corvette Cor*vette (k?r v?r ), n. [F. corvette, fr. Pg. corveta or Sp. corbeta, fr. L. corbita a slow sailing ship of burden, fr, corbis basket. Cf. {Corbeil}.] (Naut.) A war vessel, ranking next below a frigate, and… …

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  • 6Mirasoft — Type Limited Industry Information technology Founded 1989 Headquarters Kiev, Ukraine Area served …

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  • 7Stanley Roberts — Datos personales Nombre completo Stanley Corvet Roberts Nacimiento Hopkins, Carolina del Sur …

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  • 8Curvet — Cur vet (k[^u]r v?t or k[^u]r v?t ; 277), n. [OE. corvet, It.corvetta: cf. F. courbette. See {Curve}, and cf. {Corvetto}.] 1. (Man.) A particular leap of a horse, when he raises both his fore legs at once, equally advanced, and, as his fore legs… …

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  • 9Stanley Roberts — infobox NBA Player name = Stanley Roberts nickname = position = Center height ft = 7 height in = 0 weight lbs = 285 nationality = USA birth date = birth date and age|1970|2|7 birth place = Hopkins, South Carolina college = Louisiana State draft …

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  • 10Luis Brión — Infobox Military Person name=Luis Brión lived=July 6 1782 ndash; September 27 1821 placeofbirth=Curaçao placeofdeath=Curaçao caption= nickname= allegiance= serviceyears= rank= commands= unit= battles= awards= laterwork=Pedro Luis Brión (July 6,… …

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