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‖ scampavia|skampaˈvia| Also 8 scampavie. [It., f. scampare to run off, decamp (see discamp v.) + via way, away.] A swift sailing vessel used in the Mediterranean.
1723Pres. St. Russia I. 35 Three Russian Scampavies full of Russian Soldiers. 1802Naval Chron. VIII. 122 Quick sailing little vessels called scampavias. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Scampavia, a fast rowing war boat of Naples and Sicily. |