Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Navy (navies)
navy (navies), n. [OFr < L. 'ship'.]
- Company of sailors; group of mariners; [fig.] flock; troop.
- Boat; ship; galleon; water-born vessel.
- Fleet of vessels; ships of war belonging to a country; [fig.] sunset; dark-blue dusk.
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