BARK, in Navigation, a general name given to small ships; it is, however, peculiarly appropriated by seamen to those which carry three masts without a mizen topsail. Our northern mariners, who are trained in the coal-trade, apply this distinction to a broad sterned ship which carries no ornamental figure on the stern or prow.
Water-Barks, are little vessels used in Holland for the carriage of fresh water to places where it is wanting,
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