spyboat
nounEtymology From spy + boat.
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A boat sent to make discoveries and bring intelligence.
- Mr. Huet thinks that the custom they had of giving the colour of the Sea to the Hulks , Sails and Mariners of their Spy-boats to keep them from being discover'd, came from the Veneti1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations: