Navy

6 definitions found

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

  Navy \Na"vy\, a.
     Having a color of navy blue.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Navy blue \Na"vy blue`\, n.
     1. A dark grayish blue. Also called {navy}.
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     2. Prussian blue. [archaic]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  navy
       n 1: an organization of military naval forces [syn: {naval forces}]
       2: a dark shade of blue [syn: {dark blue}, {navy blue}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  43 Moby Thesaurus words for "navy":
     Naval Construction Battalion, RN, Royal Navy, Seabees, USN,
     United States Navy, argosy, armada, bottoms, cavendish, chaw, chew,
     chewing tobacco, coast guard, cud, cut plug, division,
     eating tobacco, escadrille, fid, fleet, flotilla, line, marine,
     merchant fleet, merchant marine, merchant navy, mosquito fleet,
     naval forces, naval militia, naval reserve, navy plug, pigtail,
     quid, shipping, ships, squadron, task force, task group,
     tobacco juice, tonnage, twist, whaling fleet
  
  

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

  NAVY. The whole shippings taken collectively, belonging to the government of 
  an independent nation; the ships belonging to private individuals are not 
  included in the navy. 
       2. The constitution of the United States, art. 1, s. 8, vests in 
  congress the power to provide and maintain a navy." 
       3. Anterior to the war of 1812, the navy of the United States bad been 
  much neglected, and it was not until during the late war, when it fought 
  itself into notice, that the public attention was seriously attracted to it. 
  Some legislation favorable to it, then took place. 
       4. The act of January 2, 1813, 2 Story's L. U. S. 1282, authorized the 
  president of the United States, as soon as suitable materials could be 
  procured therefor, to cause to be built, equipped and employed, four ships 
  to rate not less than seventy-four guns, and six ships to rate forty-four 
  guns each. The sum of two millions five hundred thousand dollars is 
  appropriated for the purpose. 
       5. And by the act of March 3, 1813, 2 Story, L. U. S. 1313, the 
  president is further authorized to have built six sloops of war, and to have 
  built or procured such a number of sloops of war or other armed vessels, as 
  the public service may require on the lakes. The sum of nine hundred 
  thousand dollars is appropriated for this purpose, and to pay two hundred 
  thousand dollars for vessels already procured on the lakes. 
       6. The act of March 3, 1815, 2 Story, L. U. S. 1511, appropriates the 
  sum of two hundred thousand dollars annually for three years, towards the 
  purchase of a stock of materials for ship building. 
       7. The act of April 29, 1816, may be said to have been the first that 
  manifested the fostering care of congress. By, this act the sum of one 
  million of dollars per annum for eight years, including the sum of two 
  hundred thousand dollars per annum appropriated by the act of March 3, 1815, 
  is appropriated. And the president is authorized to cause to be built nine 
  ships, to rate not less than seventy-four guns each, and twelve ships to 
  rate not less than forty-four guns each, including one seventy-four and 
  three forty-four gun ships, authorized to be built by the act of January 2d, 
  1813. The third section of this act authorizes the president to procure 
  steam engines and all the imperishable materials for building three steam 
  batteries. 
       8. The act of March 3, 1821, 3 Story's L. U. S. 1820, repeals the first 
  section of the act of the 29th April, 1816, and instead of the appropriation 
  therein contained, appropriates the sum of five hundred thousand dollars per 
  annum for six years, from the year 1821 inclusive, to be applied to carry 
  into effect the purposes of the said act. 
       9. To repress piracy in the gulf of Mexico, the Act of 22d December, 
  1822, was passed, 3 St. L. U. S. 1873. It authorizes the president to 
  purchase or construct a sufficient number of vessels to repress piracy in 
  that gulf and the adjoining seas and territories. It appropriates one 
  hundred and sixty thousand dollars for the purpose. 
      10. The act of May 17, 1826, authorizes the suspension of the building 
  of one of the ships above authorized to be built, and authorizes the 
  president to purchase a ship of not less than the smallest class authorized 
  to be built by the act of 29th April, 1816. 
      11. The act of March 3, 1827, 3 St. L. U. S. 2070, appropriates five 
  hundred thousand dollars per annum for six years for the gradual improvement 
  of the navy of the United States, and authorizes the president to procure 
  materials for ship building. A further appropriation is made by the act of 
  March 2, 1833, 4 Sharsw. con. of St. L. U. S. 2346, of five hundred thousand 
  dollars annually for six years from and after, the third of March, 1833, for 
  the gradual improvement of the navy of the United States; and the president 
  is authorized to cause the above mentioned appropriation to be applied as 
  directed by the act of March 3, 1827. 
      12. For the rules and regulations of the navy of the United States, the 
  reader is referred to the act "for the better government of the navy of the 
  United States." 1 St. L. U. S. 761. Vide article Names of Ships.