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Definition of Guard ship
1. Noun. A warship (at anchor or under way) required to maintain a higher degree of readiness than others in its squadron.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Guard Ship
Literary usage of Guard ship
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Journal of Travels in England, Holland and Scotland, and of Two Passages by Benjamin Silliman (1820)
"Sketch of the town—the Exchange—Streets—Public buildings— Population—Pursuits—American
trade—Difficulties of the port—guard ship—Press gangs—Impressment ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"... the ship whose turn it is to perform the duty of a guard-ship. ..... One island,
indeed, La Croma, lies like a guard-ship anchored in front of the city. ..."
3. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1842)
"The hatchways arc at the same time sealed up, and the ship receives a pilot from
the Guard-ship, after which she proceeds onwards to the inward Guard-ship, ..."
4. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1842)
"Ships arriving must stop before reaching the outer Guard-ship, at which the ship's
papers have to be produced, and the bills of lading presented in duplo. ..."
5. A Descriptive Dictionary of British Malaya by Nicholas Belfield Dennys (1894)
"The Dutch also commonly keep a guard-ship, and have made some fruitless essays
to bring that prince and his subjects to trade only with them ; but here, ..."
6. The Sailor's Word-book: An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, Including by William Henry Smyth (1867)
"A familiar term applied equally to a guard-ship or any person belonging to her.
... A trick upon a landsman, generally performed in a guard-ship. ..."
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