vangeen.
Nautical.
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1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 239 The pumps of a vessel are..often worked by means of a contrivance called the vangee. [Description follows.]
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 710 Vangee, a contrivance for working the pumps of a vessel by means of a barrel and crank-breaks.
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