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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
FELUC'CA, n.
A boat or vessel, with oars and lateen sails, used in the Mediterranean. It has this peculiarity, that the helm may be applied to the head or stern, as occasion requires.
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: a fast narrow sailing ship of the Mediterranean
Merriam Webster's
noun Etymology: Italian feluca Date: 1615 a narrow fast lateen-rigged sailing vessel chiefly of the Mediterranean area
Oxford Reference Dictionary
n. a small Mediterranean coasting vessel with oars or lateen sails or both. Etymology: It. felucca f. obs. Sp. faluca f. Arab. fulk, perh. f. Gk epholkion sloop
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Felucca Fe*luc"ca, n. [It. feluca (cf. Sp. faluca, Pg. falua), fr. Ar. fulk ship, or harr[=a]qah a sort of ship.] (Naut.) A small, swift-sailing vessel, propelled by oars and lateen sails, -- once common in the Mediterranean. Note: Sometimes it is constructed so that the helm may be used at either end.
