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spynace

spynace is the obsolete form of pinnace.

Meaning of pinnace

Noun

pinnace (plural pinnaces)

  1. A light boat, traditionally propelled by sails, but sometimes a rowboat, and usually serving to carry messages among the larger ships of a fleet.
    • I cast my eyes to the ship, and there she rode, within little more than half a mile of the shore; for they had weighed her anchor as soon as they were masters of her, and, the weather being fair, had brought her to an anchor just against the mouth of the little creek; and the tide being up, the...1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe

Forms of spynace

pluralspynaces

Questions about spynace

What is spynace the obsolete form of?
Spynace is the obsolete form of pinnace.

Words near spynace in the dictionary

  1. spymania
  2. spymaster
  3. spymasters
  4. spymistress
  5. spymistresses
  6. spynace
  7. spynaces
  8. spyplane
  9. spyplanes
  10. spyproof
  11. spyre

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