LAUNCH

This article appears in Volume V16, Page 282 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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LAUNCH . (1) A verb meaning originally to hurl,

discharge

DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

a missile or other

object

OBJECT

, also to rush or shoot out suddenly
or rapidly. It is particularly used of the setting afloat a

vessel

VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas,
vase
- VASE
- VASE (through Fr. from Lat. vas, a vessel, pl. vasa, of which the singular vasum is rarely found; the ultimate root is probably was-, to cover, seen in Lat: vestis, clothing, Eng. " vest," Gr. to-th c, and also in " wear," of garments)
, urn)

from the stocks on which she has been built. The word is an adaptation of O. Fr. lancher, lancier, to hurl, throw, Lat. lanceare, from lancea, a lance or spear. (2) The name of a particular type of boat, usually applied to one of the largest size of

ships

SHIPS

' boats, or to a large boat moved by electricity, steam or other

power

POWER [
WILLIAM
GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

. The word is an adaptation of the Span. lancha,

pinnace

PINNACE

, which is usually connected with lanchara, the Portuguese name, common in 16th and 17th

century

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

histories, for a fast-moving small

vessel

VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas,
vase
- VASE
- VASE (through Fr. from Lat. vas, a vessel, pl. vasa, of which the singular vasum is rarely found; the ultimate root is probably was-, to cover, seen in Lat: vestis, clothing, Eng. " vest," Gr. to-th c, and also in " wear," of garments)
, urn)

. This word is of Malay origin and is derived from lanchar,

quick

QUICK

, speedy.

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