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brig

brɪg
WordNet
Polychrome mold model (starboard) of a three-master. The skin above the bar wood is closed, nine gun ports on one deck. Elliptical fence of peculiar shape in frame with rounded shapes, with one gun gate, no side gallery; rudder with round rudder stock (Soetermeer version) and rounded rudder blade. Sheer almost flat, one bar wood and one roe wood; the bar wood does not run around the stern, but is interrupted by the hides that run up to the bottom of the stern. Peaked round bilge. Scale 1:40 (scale on model).
Polychrome mold model (starboard) of a three-master. The skin above the bar wood is closed, nine gun ports on one deck. Elliptical fence of peculiar shape in frame with rounded shapes, with one gun gate, no side gallery; rudder with round rudder stock (Soetermeer version) and rounded rudder blade. Sheer almost flat, one bar wood and one roe wood; the bar wood does not run around the stern, but is interrupted by the hides that run up to the bottom of the stern. Peaked round bilge. Scale 1:40 (scale on model).
  1. (n) brig
    a penal institution (especially on board a ship)
  2. (n) brig
    two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts
Illustrations
Polychrome mold model (starboard) of a ketch. Twisted mirror, hollow wulf, no details of the fence or side gallery; straight rudder with square rudder stock. Sheer slightly ascending to the back, one bar wood. Peaked round bilge.
Polychrome mold model (starboard) of a ketch. Twisted mirror, hollow wulf, no details of the fence or side gallery; straight rudder with square rudder stock. Sheer slightly ascending to the back, one bar wood. Peaked round bilge.
View of the Brig o 'Doon in Ayrshire
Polychrome mold model (starboard) of a ketch. Twisted mirror, hollow wulf, no details of the fence or side gallery; straight rudder with square rudder stock. Sway slightly ascending to the front and back, one bar wood. Slightly peaked round bilge. Scale approx. 1:55 (scale on model).
Polychrome mold model (starboard) of a ketch. Twisted mirror, hollow wulf, no details of the fence or side gallery; straight rudder with square rudder stock. Sway slightly ascending to the front and back, one bar wood. Slightly peaked round bilge. Scale approx. 1:55 (scale on model).
Polychrome mold model (starboard) of a ketch. The bogrounding is quite sharp. Twisted mirror, hollow wulf, no details of the fence or side gallery; straight rudder with square rudder stock. Sheer slightly ascending to the back, one bar wood. Peaked round bilge with sharply cut stern. The main mast is missing, but its location is indicated by a line.
Polychrome mold model (starboard) of a ketch. The bogrounding is quite sharp. Twisted mirror, hollow wulf, no details of the fence or side gallery; straight rudder with square rudder stock. Sheer slightly ascending to the back, one bar wood. Peaked round bilge with sharply cut stern. The main mast is missing, but its location is indicated by a line.
Polychrome mold model (starboard) of a ketch. Twisted mirror, hollow wulf, no details of the fence or side gallery; straight rudder with square rudder stock. Sway slightly ascending to the front and back, one bar wood. Slightly peaked round bilge. Scale approx. 1:40 (scale on model).
Polychrome mold model (starboard) of a ketch. Twisted mirror, hollow wulf, no details of the fence or side gallery; straight rudder with square rudder stock. Sway slightly ascending to the front and back, one bar wood. Slightly peaked round bilge. Scale approx. 1:40 (scale on model).
Polychrome mold model (starboard) of a ketch. Ten gun ports on one deck. Twisted mirror, hollow wulf, no details of the fence or side gallery; straight rudder with square rudder stock. Sway slightly ascending to the front and back, one bar wood. Peaked round bilge. Scale approx. 1:55 (derived).
Polychrome mold model (starboard) of a ketch. Ten gun ports on one deck. Twisted mirror, hollow wulf, no details of the fence or side gallery; straight rudder with square rudder stock. Sway slightly ascending to the front and back, one bar wood. Peaked round bilge. Scale approx. 1:55 (derived).
Polychrome mold model (starboard) of a ketch. The skin above the barwood is closed. Twisted mirror, hollow wulf, closed gate, no side gallery; straight rudder with square rudder stock. Sway slightly ascending to the front and rear, one bark wood and one roe wood. Peaked round bilge. Scale approx. 1:40 (derived).
Half model of a brig of 10 pieces
Polychrome mold model (starboard) of a three-master. The skin above the bar wood is closed, nine painted gun ports on one deck. Twisted mirror, hollow wulf, closed gate, no side gallery; rudder with round rudder stock (type Soetermeer). Sway slightly ascending to the front and rear, one bark wood and one roe wood. Peaked round bilge. Scale approx. 1:40 (derived).
Polychrome mold model (starboard) of a three-master. The skin above the bar wood is closed, nine painted gun ports on one deck. Twisted mirror, hollow wulf, closed gate, no side gallery; rudder with round rudder stock (type Soetermeer). Sway slightly ascending to the front and rear, one bark wood and one roe wood. Peaked round bilge. Scale approx. 1:40 (derived).
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Brig
    A bridge.
  2. Brig
    (Naut) A two-masted, square-rigged vessel.
  3. Brig
    (Nav) On a United States man-of-war, the prison or place of confinement for offenders.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) brig
    A bridge.
  2. (n) brig
    A utensil used in breweries and in dairies to set the strainer on.
  3. (n) brig
    A kind of iron set over a fire.
  4. (n) brig
    A ledge of rocks running out into the sea.
  5. (n) brig
    A vessel with two masts square-rigged, nearly like a ship's mainmast and foremast.
  6. (n) brig
    The place on board a man-of-war where prisoners are confined.
  7. (n) brig
    An abbreviation of Brigade; Brigadier.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Brig
    brig a two-masted, square-rigged vessel.
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary Shortened from Brigantine

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Shortened from Brigantine.

Usage in the news

David Byrne , St Vincent brig 'Giant' tour to San Francisco. mercurynews.com

Manning, now 24, was later sent to a Marine Corps brig in Quantico, Va. recordpub.com

) — PFC Bradley Manning choked back tears during a second day of testimony at a hearing before his military trial as he claimed he didn't tell his family about the conditions of his confinement at the Marine brig at Quantico, Va. imsradio.com

The F-22 maintainers who reported dizziness, nausea and other signs of oxygen deprivation were working inside the cockpit while the plane was on the ground, Brig. airforcetimes.com

This undated file photo provided by the US Army shows Brig. ashingtonpost.com

Rep Robert Hurt, R-5th, debates uranium mining with Retired Brig. 2.dailyprogress.com

The event was cancelled minutes after Ruidoso Mayor Ray Alborn and Brig. ruidosonews.com

Guards testify on Army GI's time at Quantico brig. timesleader.com

Brig chief denies punishing GI in WikiLeaks case. kansascity.com

(AP) †A former Marine Corp brig commander says she never intended it as punishment when she ordered underwear removed from an Army private charged with giving classified material to WikiLeaks. ggb.com

A former Marine Corps brig commander testified Thursday that a vague rule meant he could keep Pfc. kold.com

(AP) — A former Marine Corps brig commander testified Thursday that a vague rule meant he could keep Pfc. newsok.com

The former commander of a Marine Corps brig in Quantico, Va. Says he ordered tight restrictions on an Army private charged with leaking classified information to WikiLeaks for the soldier's own good. kxii.com

Two young Marines are sitting in a military brig this morning, accused of beating a gay man in Savannah, Georgia, so badly he had a bruised brain and two seizures. motherjones.com

He says Manning seemed to strike at his own head during an argument later that day, causing the brig commander to place him on suicide watch. timesleader.com

Usage in scientific papers

Ultraviolet brig htness oscillations from TRACE”, Astron.
Magnetic fingerprints of solar and stellar oscillations

Amplification by Gravitational Lensing? A caveat to any conclusion based on the observed fluxes of brig ht, distant quasars is that they may be gravitationally lensed, and strongly amplified.
The First Nonlinear Structures and the Reionization History of the Universe

It is striking that all five new WR stars are shown to belong to the same spectral sub-type – WC9 – and all are reasonably brig ht, with R magnitudes in the range 14 ∼< R ∼< 16.
Five WC9 stars discovered in the AAO/UKST H-alpha Survey

For example, if w is the solid angle of an image, defined by the determinant of the tensor of second brig htness moments as in (4.3), one can set I = S/w.
Weak Gravitational Lensing

Usage in literature

We knew it to be a brig, but it was at a great distance; we could only distinguish the masts. "Perils and Captivity" by Charlotte-Adélaïde [née Picard] Dard

Succour came none too soon, as in less than an hour the brig's mainmast went by the board. "The Shellback's Progress" by Walter Runciman

Peter heard the mate report to the captain that he had sounded the well, and feared that the brig had sprung a leak. "The History of Little Peter, the Ship Boy" by W.H.G. Kingston

My new craft, the SAN PABLO, was a trim Brazil-built brig, of rather more than 300 tons. "Captain Canot" by Brantz Mayer

Harry leaped down into the cabin of the brig, and instantly returned with a long horsehair sofa cushion. "Adrift in a Boat" by W.H.G. Kingston

We found the brig just ready to haul out into the outer basin, preparatory to putting to sea. "Old Jack" by W.H.G. Kingston

You know all about the brig, an' what a deal o' repair she's got to undergo? "Blown to Bits" by R.M. Ballantyne

I clambered up on it, and looked out for the brig. "Tales of the Sea" by W.H.G. Kingston

On a terrible night in 1857 a Portuguese brig struck on the Goodwin Sands. "Saved by the Lifeboat" by R.M. Ballantyne

Half an hour later Barry was standing on the wharf hailing the brig. "Edward Barry" by Louis Becke

Usage in poetry
And they shot out, and they shot in,
Till it was fairly day;
When mony of the Englishmen
About the draw-brig lay.
"Auld Maitland" by Andrew Lang Author object (36)
Blue martins gossiped in the sun,
And pairs of chattering daws flew by,
And sailing brigs rocked softly on
In company.
"The Letter L" by Jean Ingelow Author object (347)
He said he was at Both'ell brig,
An' there he bare a sword,
An' he wad dae the like again
For Christ, his blessed Lord.
"Ballad of The New Monkland Martyr" by Janet Hamilton
"Pull up portcullize! down draw-brig!
My nephews are at hand;
And they shall lodge with me to-night,
In spite of all England."
"Auld Maitland" by Andrew Lang Author object (36)
The twa-some they ha'e slayne the ane,
They maul'd him cruellie;
Then hung him over the draw-brig,
That all the host might see.
"Auld Maitland" by Andrew Lang Author object (36)
"If thou shou'dst hang on yon draw-brig,
Blythe wou'd I never be."
But, with the poll-axe in his hand,
Upon the brig sprang be.
"Auld Maitland" by Andrew Lang Author object (36)