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Webster 1913 Edition


Polacca

Po-lac′ca

,
Noun.
[It.
polacca
,
polaccra
,
polacra
; cf. F.
polaque
,
polacre
, Sp.
polacre
,]
[Written also
polacre
.]
1.
(Naut.)
A vessel with two or three masts, used in the Mediterranean. The masts are usually of one piece, and without tops, caps, or crosstrees.
2.
(Mus.)
See
Polonaise
.