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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bowsprit \Bow"sprit`\, n. [Bow + sprit; akin to D. boegspriet boeg bow of a ship + spriet, E. sprit, also Sw bogspr["o]t, G. bugspriet.] (Naut.) A large boom or spar, which projects over the stem of a ship or other vessel, to carry sail forward. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bowsprit n : a spar projecting from the bow of a vessel
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