brigand ish (brigand ish)

[ We fancied that they (peasants near Naples] had a brig andish look. C. D. Warner, Winter on the Nile, p. 20. brigantt (brig'ant), n. Same as brigand . brigantinel (brig'an-tin or -tin), n. [= D. bri gantijn = G. brigantine = Sw.brigantin , gant in , brig anti no (ML. brig ant in us ), a brigantine, orig. a roving or pirate ve el, bri gante , a pirate, brigand: see brigand , and cf. brig2 and brigandine2 .] 1. A small two-masted ve el, square-rigged on both masts, but with a fore-and-aft mainsail and the mainmast con siderably longer than the foremast. It differs from a hermaphrodite brig in having a square topsail and topgallant sail on the mainmast. This term is variously applied by mariners of different nations, but the above is its most generally accepted definition, Like as a warlike Brigandine , applyde To fight, layes forth her threat full pikes afore. Spenser, Muiopotmos. 21. A robber.-31. Robbery. brigantine2 (brig'an-tin), n. Same as brig an dine1. IMG:content-2538.png:[blocks in formation]