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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Navy \Na"vy\; n.; pl. {Navies}. [ OF. navie, fr. L. navis ship. See {Nave} of a church.]
1. A fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many as sail in company. ''The navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir.'' --1 kings x. 11.
2. The whole of the war vessels belonging to a nation or ruler, considered collectively; as, the navy of Italy.
3. The officers and men attached to the war vessels of a nation; as, he belongs to the navy.
4. same as {navy blue}. [PJC]
{Navy bean}. see {Bean}.
{Navy yard}, a place set apart as a shore station for the use of the navy. It often contains all the mechanical and other appliences for building and equipping war vessels and training their crews.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Navy \Na"vy\, adjective Having a color of navy blue. [PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Navy blue \Na"vy blue'\, noun
1. A dark grayish blue. Also called {navy}. [PJC]
2. Prussian blue. [archaic] [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
navy
noun
1: an organization of military naval forces [syn: {naval forces}]
2: a dark shade of blue [syn: {dark blue}, {navy blue}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
43 Moby Thesaurus words for "navy": Naval Construction Battalion, RN, Royal Navy, Seabees, USN, United States Navy, argosy, armada, bottoms, cavendish, chaw, chew, chewing tobacco, coast guard, cud, cut plug, division, eating tobacco, escadrille, fid, fleet, flotilla, line, marine, merchant fleet, merchant marine, merchant navy, mosquito fleet, naval forces, naval militia, naval reserve, navy plug, pigtail, quid, shipping, ships, squadron, task force, task group, tobacco juice, tonnage, twist, whaling fleet
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