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‖ mahone Obs.
Also 6 mahume, 7 mahoon, 9 maon, mahonna.
[Occurs as F. mahonne, Sp. mahona, It. maona, Turk. māwuna.]
A flat-bottomed sailing vessel formerly used by the Turks.
1572Malim in Hakluyt's Voy. (1599) II. i. 122 Great Hulkes called Maones. 1585T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. i. xxi. 27 The gallies, foists and galliots.., besides the great gallion and 2. Mahumez [Fr. Mahomez]. 1651Howell Venice 197 Meeting with a great Fleet of Turkish Gallies and Mahoons in the Egean Sea. 1658Earl of Monmouth tr. Paruta's Wars Cyprus 204 Vluzzali, and Piali Bashaw, put to sea..with 150 Gallies, 30 Fliboats, and ten Mahones. 1696Phillips (ed. 5), Mahoon. 1858Simmonds Dict. Trade. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Mahone, Mahonna, or Maon.
Hence † maˈhonnet [see -et].
a1599Hakluyt's Voy. II. 78 The number of the ships were these: 30 galliasses, 103 gallies, as well bastards as subtill mahonnets. |