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LIGHTER
LIGHTER, (allege, Fr.) a large, open, flat-bottomed vessel, generally managed with oars, and employed to carry goods to or from a ship when the is to he laden or delivered. See the article VESSEL.There are also some lighters furnished with a deck throughout their whole length, in order to contain those merchandizes, which would be damaged by rainy weather these are usually called close-lighters.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 177, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0810.html