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Definition of Nun buoy
1. Noun. A buoy resembling a cone.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nun Buoy
Literary usage of Nun buoy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1857)
"T. S, black nun buoy, will be moved SW Sä fathoms, into 25 feet at low water.
T.8, red can buoy will be moved NEby N.80 fathoms into 12 feet at low water. ..."
2. United States Coast Pilot: Atlantic Coast. Part IV. From Point Judith to New by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Herbert Gouverneur Ogden, John Ross, Herbert Cornelius Graves, Harry L. Ford (1899)
"The shoal is marked by a spar buoy (red and black horizontal stripes) on its
eastern end, and by a nun buoy (red and black horizontal stripes) at its ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1884)
"Iron nun-buoy of the largest size, with a heavy chain and ballast-ball attached.
... Large nun-buoy painted red, passed July 20, 1884. 11. ..."
4. Monthly Nautical Magazine, and Quarterly Review (1857)
"Q, 1, chequered black and white nun buoy would be moved NW by "WfW, ... V 2,
black nun buoy would be moved SW 32 fathoms into a d>-pth of 25 feet, ..."
5. The Kedge-anchor; Or, Young Sailors' Assistant: Or, Young Sailors' Assistant by William N. Brady (1864)
"A nun buoy. Buoys are used when a ship is riding at anchor, to denote the position
of the anchor. They are a kind of a cask, large in the middle, ..."
6. Rudder by Thomas Fleming Day (1912)
"From this buoy a W. by S. course leads to black can No. i, 2 miles distant, and
here we head W. by N.^N. to red nun buoy No. 2, when steering NW by W. to ..."
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