01 n. An upstart.
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1.
An upstart.[Obs.]
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2.
An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle.(Zool.)
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A name given to several kinds of a fish, as the common bluefish, the alewife, the bonito, the butterfish, the cutlass fish, the jurel, the leather jacket, the runner, the saurel, the saury, the threadfish, etc.(Zool.)
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4.
A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.(Naut.)