Gallivat

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

  Gallivat \Gal"li*vat\, n.[Prob. fr. Pg. galeota; cf. E. galiot,
     galley.] (Naut.)
     A small armed vessel, with sails and oars, -- used on the
     Malabar coast. --A. Chalmers.
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