lique
an alleged name for a kind of small seagoing vessel, is prob. a spurious word: in the Fr. text of Froissart, which Berners followed, lique is believed to be a mistake for ligne: see line n.3
| 1523 Ld. Berners Froiss. I. lxxxiiii. h b/2 A lytell shyppe called Lyque [F. lique]. 1847 Nicolas Hist. R. Navy II. 164 Lique was a small, light, swift vessel. Froissart says [etc.]. 1894 C. N. Robinson Brit. Fleet 210 ‘Liques’ and ‘lynes’, small swift rowing galleys. |