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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Brig \Brig\, n. [Origin unknown.] (Nav.) On a United States man-of-war, the prison or place of confinement for offenders. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Brig \Brig\ (br[i^]g), n. A bridge. [Scot.] --Burns. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Brig \Brig\, n. [Shortened from {Brigantine}.] (Naut.) A two-masted, square-rigged vessel. {Hermaphrodite brig}, a two-masted vessel square-rigged forward and schooner-rigged aft. See Illustration in Appendix. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: brig n 1: two-masted vessel square-rigged on both masts 2: a penal institution (especially on board a ship)
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