Found 4 items, similar to Navies.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: navy
angkatan laut
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: navy
angkatan laut
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: navy
navy
n 1: an organization of military naval forces [syn:
naval forces]
2: a dark shade of blue [syn:
dark blue,
navy blue]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Navies
Navvy
\Nav"vy\, n.; pl.
Navies. [Abbreviated fr. navigator.]
Originally, a laborer on canals for internal navigation;
hence, a laborer on other public works, as in building
railroads, embankments, etc. [Eng.]
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Navy
\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.
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2. The whole of the war vessels belonging to a nation or
ruler, considered collectively; as, the navy of Italy.
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3. The officers and men attached to the war vessels of a
nation; as, he belongs to the navy.
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4. same as
navy blue.
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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.
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