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Na"vy (?); n.; pl.
Navies (#). [ OF. navie, fr. L. navis
ship. See Nave of a church.] 1. A fleet
of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many as sail in
company. "The navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from
Ophir." 1 kings x. 11.

2. The whole of the war vessels belonging to
a nation or ruler, considered collectively; as, the navy of
Italy.

3. The officers and men attached to the war
vessels of a nation; as, he belongs to the navy.

Navy bean. see Bean. --
Navy yard, a place set apart as a shore station
for the use of the navy. It often contains all the mechanical and
other appliences for building and equipping war vessels and training
their crews.

||Na*wab" (?), n. [See Nabob.]
A deputy ruler or viceroy in India; also, a title given by
courtesy to other persons of high rank in the East.

Nawl (?), n. [See Nall.] An
awl.


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