LAUNCHE

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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  LAUNCHES. Small vessels employed to carry the cargo of a large one to and 
  from the shore; lighters. (q.v.) 
       2. The goods on board of a launch are at the risk of the insurers till 
  landed. 5 N. S. 887. The duties and rights of the master of a launch are the 
  same as those of the master of a lighter.