Chebec

3 definitions found

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

  Chebacco \Che*bac"co\, n. [From Chebacco, the former name of
     Essex, a town in Massachusetts where such vessels were
     built.] (Naut.)
     A narrow-sterned boat formerly much used in the Newfoundland
     fisheries; -- called also {pinkstern} and {chebec}.
     --Bartlett.


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

  Chebec \Che"bec\, n. (Naut.)
     See {Chebacco}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chebec \Che*bec"\, n. [Named from its note.] (Zool.)
     A small American bird ({Empidonax minimus}); the least
     flycatcher.
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