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Convoy pennant
Convoy pennant Con"voy pen"nant
A white pennant with red border, carried : (a) Forward on all
vessels on convoy duty. (b) Alone by a senior officer present
during evolutions or drills, when it commands ``Silence.'
(c) Over a signal number, when it refers to the signal number
of an officer in the Annual Navy Register.
Distinguishing pennantDistinguishing Dis*tin"guish*ing, a.
Constituting difference, or distinction from everything else;
distinctive; peculiar; characteristic.
The distinguishing doctrines of our holy religion.
--Locke.
Distinguishing pennant (Naut.), a special pennant by which
any particular vessel in a fleet is recognized and
signaled. --Simmonds. Maurolicus PennantiiArgentine Ar"gen*tine, n. [Cf. F. argentin, fr. L. argentum
silver.]
1. (Min.) A siliceous variety of calcite, or carbonate of
lime, having a silvery-white, pearly luster, and a waving
or curved lamellar structure.
2. White metal coated with silver. --Simmonds.
3. (Zo["o]l.) A fish of Europe (Maurolicus Pennantii) with
silvery scales. The name is also applied to various fishes
of the genus Argentina.
4. A citizen of the Argentine Republic.
Meaning of Pennant from wikipedia
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pennant or
pennon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Pennant may
refer to:
Pennon (or
pennant), a narrow,
tapering flag
Commissioning pennant, the...
- The
commissioning pennant (or
masthead pennant) is a
pennant (also
spelled "pendant")
flown from the
masthead of a warship. The
history of
flying a commissioning...
- A
church pennant is a
pennant flown to
indicate that a
religious service is in progress. It is
flown on
ships and
establishments (bases). The
French Navy...
- A
pennant is a
commemorative pennon typically used to show
support for a
particular athletic team.
Pennants have been
historically used in all
types of...
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Jermaine Lloyd Pennant (born 15
January 1983) is a
retired English professional footballer who pla**** as a winger.
Pennant made over 350
league appearances...
- The
pennant-winged
nightjar (Caprimulgus vexillarius) is a
species of
nightjar that
occurs from
Nigeria to
northern South Africa. It is an intra-African...
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navies of
Europe and the
Commonwealth of Nations,
ships are
identified by
pennant number (an
internationalisation of
pendant number,
which it was called...
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Thomas Pennant (27 June [O.S. 14 June] 1726 – 16
December 1798) was a
Welsh naturalist, traveller,
writer and antiquarian. He was born and
lived his whole...
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Carol "C****"
Pennant (born 3
March 1958), is an
English writer and
former football hooligan.
Pennant's mother emigrated from
Jamaica while pregnant and...
- West
Pennant Hills is a
suburb in the
Hills District of Sydney, New
South Wales, Australia. West
Pennant Hills is
located 21 km
northwest of the Sydney...
