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"etymology_text": "Contraction of line of battle ship, a warship large enough to be in the line of battle. See also battleship, contracted from the same phrase.",
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"A large square-rigged warship large enough to have a place in the line of battle, with up to 140 guns on at least two decks. A capital ship from the age of sail, superior to a frigate; usually, a seventy-four, or three-decker."
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"sail",
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"(nautical, military) A large square-rigged warship large enough to have a place in the line of battle, with up to 140 guns on at least two decks. A capital ship from the age of sail, superior to a frigate; usually, a seventy-four, or three-decker."
],
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"sense": "square-rigged warship",
"word": "man-of-war"
},
{
"sense": "vessel superior to frigate",
"word": "line of battle ship"
},
{
"sense": "vessel superior to frigate",
"word": "liner"
},
{
"word": "ship-of-the-line"
}
],
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "large square-rigged warship",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "navili de línia"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "large square-rigged warship",
"word": "第一線作戰軍艦"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dì-yīxiàn zuòzhàn jūnjiàn",
"sense": "large square-rigged warship",
"word": "第一线作战军舰"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "large square-rigged warship",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "řadová loď"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "large square-rigged warship",
"word": "liniŝipo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "large square-rigged warship",
"word": "linjalaiva"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "large square-rigged warship",
"word": "kombatonavo"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "large square-rigged warship",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "navithe du preunmié rang"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "large square-rigged warship",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "okręt liniowy"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "linéjnyj koráblʹ",
"sense": "large square-rigged warship",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "лине́йный кора́бль"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "liníjnyj korabélʹ",
"sense": "large square-rigged warship",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ліні́йний корабе́ль"
}
]
}
],
"word": "ship of the line"
}
{
"etymology_text": "Contraction of line of battle ship, a warship large enough to be in the line of battle. See also battleship, contracted from the same phrase.",
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"tags": [
"plural"
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"A large square-rigged warship large enough to have a place in the line of battle, with up to 140 guns on at least two decks. A capital ship from the age of sail, superior to a frigate; usually, a seventy-four, or three-decker."
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"(nautical, military) A large square-rigged warship large enough to have a place in the line of battle, with up to 140 guns on at least two decks. A capital ship from the age of sail, superior to a frigate; usually, a seventy-four, or three-decker."
],
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"politics",
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"synonyms": [
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"sense": "square-rigged warship",
"word": "man-of-war"
},
{
"sense": "vessel superior to frigate",
"word": "line of battle ship"
},
{
"sense": "vessel superior to frigate",
"word": "liner"
},
{
"word": "ship-of-the-line"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "large square-rigged warship",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "navili de línia"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "large square-rigged warship",
"word": "第一線作戰軍艦"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dì-yīxiàn zuòzhàn jūnjiàn",
"sense": "large square-rigged warship",
"word": "第一线作战军舰"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "large square-rigged warship",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "řadová loď"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "large square-rigged warship",
"word": "liniŝipo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "large square-rigged warship",
"word": "linjalaiva"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "large square-rigged warship",
"word": "kombatonavo"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "large square-rigged warship",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "navithe du preunmié rang"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "large square-rigged warship",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "okręt liniowy"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "linéjnyj koráblʹ",
"sense": "large square-rigged warship",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "лине́йный кора́бль"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "liníjnyj korabélʹ",
"sense": "large square-rigged warship",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ліні́йний корабе́ль"
}
],
"word": "ship of the line"
}
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