barkeyn.
/ˈbɑːki/ colloquial. A little bark.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun] > with specific rig > combining qualities of two types > barque or barquentine
bark1601
barquentine1693
barkey1703
jackass barque1861
1703 J. Campbell Jrnl. 27 Apr. in Proc. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1867) IX. 487 The Lark..In her Passage home meett 3 french Barkies.
1805 W. Hunter in Naval Chron. 13 36 Had we been acquainted with the real state of our Barkie's Bows.
1832 Fraser's Mag. 4 464 Fears for the safety of his barky.
1840 R. H. Barham Bagman's Dog in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 321 ‘Hookers,’ ‘barkeys’ and ‘craft’.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk.
1930 Sea Breezes 13 73 This proved the old ‘barkie's’ undoing, as..she was..sunk off Picton by the Germans.
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