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(a) An officer in the
navy. (b) A high officer in some United
States customhouses. -- Naval tactics, the
science of managing or maneuvering vessels sailing in squadrons or
fleets.

Syn. -- Nautical; marine; maritime. -- Naval,
Nautical. Naval is applied to vessels, or a navy, or
the things which pertain to them or in which they participate;
nautical, to seamen and the art of navigation. Hence we speak
of a naval, as opposed to a military, engagement;
naval equipments or stores, a naval triumph, a
naval officer, etc., and of nautical pursuits or
instruction, nautical calculations, a nautical almanac,
etc.

Na"vals (?), n. pl. Naval
affairs. [Obs.]

Na"varch (?), n. [L. navarchus,
Gr. nay`archo`s; nay^s ship +
'archo`s chief.] (Gr. Antiq.) The commander of
a fleet. Mitford.

Na"varch*y (?), n. [Gr.
nayarchi`a.] Nautical skill or experience.

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