GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Navy (?); n.; pl. Navies (#). [ OF. navie, fr. L. navis ship. See Nave of a church.]
   1. A fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many as sail in company. “The navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir.”  1 kings x. 11.
   
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   2. The whole of the war vessels belonging to a nation or ruler, considered collectively; as, “the navy of Italy”.
   
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   3. The officers and men attached to the war vessels of a nation; as, “he belongs to the navy”.
   
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   4. same as navy blue.
   
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   Navy bean. see Bean. -- Navy yard, a place set apart as a shore station for the use of the navy.  It often contains all the mechanical and other appliences for building and equipping war vessels and training their crews.
   
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   Navy (?), a. Having a color of navy blue.
   
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   Navy blue, n.
   1. A dark grayish blue.  Also called navy.
   
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   2. Prussian blue. [archaic]
   
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