BARK BAROUCHE
\bˈɑːk bˈaɹa͡ʊt͡ʃ], \bˈɑːk bˈaɹaʊtʃ], \b_ˈɑː_k b_ˈa_ɹ_aʊ_tʃ]\
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[A word common to most Aryan languages ; L. barca, through It. or Sp. barca.] Generally any small ship, square-sterned, without headrails; but especially a two or three masted vessel with only fore-and-aft sails on her mizzen-mast. Bark-rigged, having no squaresails on the mizzen-mast.
By Henry Percy Smith
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