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

  Navvy \Nav"vy\, n.; pl. {Navies}. [Abbreviated fr. navigator.]
     Originally, a laborer on canals for internal navigation;
     hence, a laborer on other public works, as in building
     railroads, embankments, etc. [Eng.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Navy \Na"vy\; n.; pl. {Navies}. [ OF. navie, fr. L. navis ship.
     See {Nave} of a church.]
     1. A fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many
        as sail in company. "The navy also of Hiram, that brought
        gold from Ophir." --1 kings x. 11.
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     2. The whole of the war vessels belonging to a nation or
        ruler, considered collectively; as, the navy of Italy.
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     3. The officers and men attached to the war vessels of a
        nation; as, he belongs to the navy.
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     4. same as {navy blue}.
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     {Navy bean}. see {Bean}.
  
     {Navy yard}, a place set apart as a shore station for the use
        of the navy. It often contains all the mechanical and
        other appliences for building and equipping war vessels
        and training their crews.
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