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noun

Barge n.

A pleasure boat; a vessel or boat of state, elegantly furnished and decorated.

A large, roomy boat for the conveyance of passengers or goods; as, a ship's barge; a charcoal barge.

A large boat used by flag officers.

A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat. (U.S.)

A large omnibus used for excursions. (Local, U.S.)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Barge" Quotes from Famous Books

... do as much for us as our gracious Queen Elizabeth? Many people say this and that about a queen and a king, but I think a king comes more natural to us English folks; and this good gentleman goes as often down by water to Greenwich, and employs as many of the barge-men and water-men of all kinds; and maintains, in his royal grace, John Taylor, the water-poet, who keeps both a sculler and a pair of oars. And he has made a comely Court at Whitehall, just by the river; and since the king is so good a friend to the Thames, I cannot see, if it please ...

— The Fortunes of Nigel • Sir Walter Scott

... because I had not the strength to stand; when we were unloaded from the barge on to the ship ...

— The Witch and Other Stories • Anton Chekhov

... H. Barge: Der deutsche Bauernkrieg in zeitgenossischen, Quellenzeugnissen. 2 vols. (No date, published about 1914. A small and cheap selection from the sources turned into ...

— The Age of the Reformation • Preserved Smith

... night-watchman, as he watched in an abstracted fashion the efforts of a skipper to reach a brother skipper on a passing barge with a boathook. Don't talk to me about love, because I've suffered enough through it. There ought to be teetotalers for love the same as wot there is for drink, and they ought to wear a piece o' ribbon to show it, ...

— Odd Craft, Complete • W.W. Jacobs

... better enabled to know the motions of the army as a whole, to divine the plans of the commanding general, and thus test the value of flying rumors. He had a genius for interpreting signs of movement, whether in the loading of a barge, the riding of an orderly, or the nod of a general's head. His previous training as an engineer and surveyor enabled him to foresee the strategic value of a position and to know the general course of a campaign in a particular district of country. With this power of practical ...

— Charles Carleton Coffin - War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman • William Elliot Griffis

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