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BARGE (Med. Lat. barca, possibly connected with Lat. baris, Gr. flaps, a boat used on the Nile) , formerly a small sailing vessel , but now generally a flat-bottomed boat used for carrying goods on inland navigations. On canals 'barges
kind of engine
barges
drift
long oar or oars (" dumb-barges "). Barges used for unloading, or loading, the cargo of ships in harbours are sometimes called " lighters " (from the verb " to light to relieve of a load). A state barge was a heavy, often highly ornamented vessel used for carrying passengers on occasions of state ceremonials. The college barges at Oxford
picnic
conveyance
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