Argosies

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Argosy \Ar"go*sy\, n.; pl. {Argosies}. [Earlier ragusy, fr.
     ragusa meaning orig. a vessel of Ragusa.]
     A large ship, esp. a merchant vessel of the largest size.
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           Where your argosies with portly sail . . .


           Do overpeer the petty traffickers.       --Shak.
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