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Battle Ship

Webster's Dictionary

An armor-plated man-of-war built of steel and heavily armed, generally having from ten thousand to fifteen thousand tons displacement, and intended to be fit to meet the heaviest ships in line of battle.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Battle Ship'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/battle-ship.html. 1828.