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| | William Falconer's Dictionary of the Marine, X, page 1523 |
 | | Being generally equipped as a corsair, the xebec is constructed with a narrow floor, to be more swift in pursuit of the enemy; and of a great breadth, to enable her to carry a great force of sail for this purpose, without danger of overturning. |
 | | When a xebec is equipped for war, she is occasionally navigated in three different methods, according to the force or direction of the wind. |
 | | The xebecs, which are generally armed as vessels of war by the Algiers, mount from sixteen to twenty-four cannon, and carry from 300 to 450 men, two-thirds of whom are generally soldiers. |
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