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Definition of Brigs

Brig
Brig Brig, n. [Origin unknown.] (Nav.) On a United States man-of-war, the prison or place of confinement for offenders.
Brig
Brig Brig (br[i^]g), n. A bridge. [Scot.] --Burns.
Brig
Brig Brig, n. [Shortened from Brigantine.] (Naut.) A two-masted, square-rigged vessel. Hermaphrodite brig, a two-masted vessel square-rigged forward and schooner-rigged aft. See Illustration in Appendix.

Meaning of Brigs from wikipedia

- Royal Navy use, brigs were retained for training use when the battle fleets consisted almost entirely of iron-hulled steamships. Brigs were prominent in...
- Brig, officially Brig-Glis (French: Brigue-Glis; Italian: Briga-Glis), is a historic town and muni****lity in the district of Brig in the canton of Valais...
- Brig of Dread or Bridge of Dread is a bridge to Purgatory that a dead soul had to cross. Evil souls fall from the bridge into ****. This is a common afterlife...
- classes of the Royal Navy. The earliest gun-brigs were shallow-draught vessels. Initially they were not brigs at all, but were classed as 'gunvessels' and...
- Look up Brigance in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Brigance is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Albert Brigance (died 2007), author...
- Uncas was one of three brigs used as slave ships that were owned by the American slave-trading firm Franklin & Armfield. Uncas was built in Connecticut...
- Ried-Brig is a muni****lity in the district of Brig in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Ried-Brig is first mentioned in 1232 as Riet. In 1428 it was...
- approximately four kilometres south of Grim Brigs near the Chapel of St. Mary and St. Nathalan. Grim Brigs is situated several kilometres east of the ancient...
- Tribune was one of three brigs used as slave ships that were owned by the American slave-trading firm Franklin & Armfield. Tribune was 161 tons and was...
- Thomas Franklin Brigance (February 4, 1913 – October 14, 1990) was a Texan-born New York–based fashion designer noted for his work in sportswear in the...