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He therefore judged it necessary to build a brigantine, a radeau, and a sloop of 16 guns.

The crew of the prize came up and manned their guns, and between us we engaged the brigantine and carried her by boarding.

Later on engaged a pirate brigantine, the Agile, of ten guns, which had just captured a Spanish merchantman.

The remnant was crowded into a single small, unseaworthy brigantine under the command of Francisco Pizarro.

But it grew steadily larger, and when about three miles on our port bow I saw that the ship was a brigantine.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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