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ballahou
ballahou, ballahoo Naut. and W. Ind. (ˌbælaˈhuː) [ad. Sp. balah{uacu} schooner.] See quots. 1867 and 1958; also, applied contemptuously to a lubberly or ungainly vessel. Cf. ballyhoo of blazes.1867 Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 71 Ballahou, a sharp-floored fast-sailing schooner, with taunt fore-and-aft sa...
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HMS Ballahou
Two vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ballahou, or Ballahoo:
Ballahou was a gun-boat first listed in 1800.
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ballyhoo of blazes
ballyhoo of blazes Naut. slang. Also ballyhoo. [Etym. of first element uncertain, but perh. same word as ballahou (see Amer. Speech (1945) XX. 184 ff.).] Sailors' term of contempt for a vessel which they dislike for any reason.1836 Knickerbocker Aug. 203 Jack Marlinspike..couldn't get a situation af...
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Ballahoo-class schooner
different stations:
Newfoundland: Herring, Mackerel, Pilchard, and Capelin
Jamaica:- Barracuta, Whiting, Pike, and Haddock
Leeward Islands: Flying Fish, Ballahou
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HMS Ballahoo (1804)
HMS Ballahoo (also Balahou, Ballahou or Ballahon) was the first of the Royal Navy's Ballahoo-class schooners, vessels of four 12-pounder carronades and In October Ballahou was in North American waters and in the Leeward Islands.
In 1808 her commander was Lieutenant George Mills.
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balao
balao (bəˈlaʊ, ‖ balao) Also ballaho(o, etc. [Sp.] The half-beak.1854–5 Trans. Jamaica Soc. Arts I. 144 Hæmirhamphus Braziliensis, Ballahoo. 1858 L. A. A. de Verteuil Trinidad 448 Hemiramphus. 1 species (s).. (s) Balaou. Ibid. 451 The balaou and gar-fish are commonly caught at night by torch-light, ...
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Placentia-class sloop
The Placentia-class sloops were even more puny than the much-maligned Ballahou and Cuckoo-class schooners of the Napoleonic period.
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proa
proa, ‖ prahu (ˈprəʊə, ˈprɑːuː) Forms: 6–7 parao, paroe, 7 paro, 7–8 paroo; 7–9 prau, praw, (7 prawe); 7–9 prow, (7 provoe, proe); 9 praoe, 8– proa, (9 proah); 9 prahu, 20 perahu. [ad. Malay p(ă)rā(h)ū a boat, a rowing or sailing vessel; in Pg. parao, Du. prauw, F. prao, pro. The forms prow and proa...
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List of ships captured in the 19th century
HMS Ballahou | | 29 April 1814A schooner of four guns, commanded by Norfolk King, was the name ship of the Royal Navy's s.
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