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Definition of Burgee
1. n. A kind of small coat.
Definition of Burgee
1. Noun. A broad tapering pennant, often with a swallowtail, flown by merchant ships to identify the vessel and by yachts to identify the yacht club, as well as being the form of the flag of the State of Ohio. (See also, Flag of Ohio). ¹
2. Noun. A kind of small coal used in furnaces. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Burgee
1. a small flag [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Burgee
Literary usage of Burgee
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia of Ships and Shipping by Herbert B. Mason (1908)
"burgee • Red, gold crown in centre. Commodore, Sir WB Forwood ; Vice- Commodore,
... In consequence, a white burgee with red cross and a yellow crown in the ..."
2. The South America Pilot: From Cape St. Roque to Cape Virgins, Including by Great Britain Hydrographic Office, J. J. P. Hitchfield (1893)
"A red flag over a blue one A blue burgee over a white flag A white flag over a
blue burgee ... A blue flag over a white fla<r, with a blue 13 burgee under. ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1802)
"Bf Sir James Bland burgee, Bart, г Vols. 8vo. i8s. Boards Egerton. i So i.
\\TE are very pertinacious advocates for truth ; and therefore "' " we shall ..."
4. The Marriage, Baptismal, and Burial Registers of the Collegiate Church Or by Joseph Lemuel Chester (1876)
"March 19 Charles burgee, an infant :3 at the West end of the South Cloister.
1712 April 18 Mrs. Mary Betterton :* in the East Cloister. ..."
5. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"burgee ; which, otherwise, tapers either to a point (and is then, in signalling,
a Pennant) or to a pair of swallow-tails, which latter is the shape of a ..."
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