#86 argosy

#86 argosy- a large abundantly laden ship or a fleet of such ships

-C16 from Italian Ragusea- nave, ship of Ragusa

"Your mind is tossing on the ocean, There where your argosies with portly sail Like signiors and rich burghers on the flood Or as it were the pageants of the sea - Do overpeer the petty traffickers That curtsy to them, do them reverence, As they fly by them with their woven wings.” ~ Bassanio to Antonio in Merchant of Venice

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