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nun-buoy
nun-buoy Naut. [Cf. nun n.2, quot. 1615.] A buoy of circular shape in the middle and tapering towards each end.1703 W. Dampier Voy. III. i. 149 The Tide..runs very swift here, so that our Nun-buoy would not bear above the Water to be seen. 1769 Falconer Dict. Marine (1780) s.v. Buoy, Nun-Buoys, are ... Oxford English Dictionary
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▪ I. buoy, n. (bɔɪ, bwɔɪ) Forms: 5–7 boye, 6 bwoy, (buie, buy), 6–8 boy, (7 bouye, buye, boigh, bowie, boa, pl. boes), 7– buoy. [15th c. boye corresponds to OF. boye (Diez), boyee (Palsgr.), modF. bouée, Norm. boie (Littré), Sp. boya, Pg. boia ‘buoy’; Du. boei, MDu. boeie ‘buoy’, and ‘fetter’; the s... Oxford English Dictionary
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