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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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FRIG'ATE, n. [Gr. signifies not fortified. L. aphractum, an open ship or vessel.]
Originally, a vessel of
the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars. The French, about
1650, transferred the name to larger vessels, and by 1750 it had been
appropriated for a class of war vessels intermediate between
corvettes and ships of the line. Frigates, from about 1750 to 1850,
had one full battery deck and, often, a spar deck with a lighter
battery. They carried sometimes as many as fifty guns. After the
application of steam to navigation steam frigates of largely
increased size and power were built, and formed the main part of the
navies of the world till about 1870, when the introduction of
ironclads superseded them.
[Formerly spelled frigat and
friggot.] Any small vessel on the water.
[Obs.] Spenser.
Frigate bird (Zoöl.), a web- footed rapacious bird, of the genus Fregata; -- called also man-of-war bird, and frigate pelican. Two species are known; that of the Southern United States and West Indies is F. aquila. They are remarkable for their long wings and powerful flight. Their food consists of fish which they obtain by robbing gulls, terns, and other birds, of their prey. They are related to the pelicans. -- Frigate mackerel (Zoöl.), an oceanic fish (Auxis Rochei) of little or no value as food, often very abundant off the coast of the United States. -- Frigate pelican. (Zoöl.) Same as Frigate bird. | ||||||||