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Definition: Launching ways
Launch
\Launch\, n.
1. The act of launching.
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2. The movement of a vessel from land into the water;
especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which
it is built.
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3. [Cf. Sp. lancha.] (Naut.) The boat of the largest size
belonging to a ship of war; also, an open boat of any size
driven by steam, naphtha, electricity, or the like.
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Launching ways. (Naut.) See
Way, n. (Naut.).
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