Frigate

Frigate

A frigate ( /ˈfrɪɡɨt/) is any of several types of warship, the term having been used for ships of various sizes and roles over the last few centuries.

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Famous quotes containing the word frigate:

    “Our frigate takes fire,
    The other asks if we demand quarter?
    If our colors are struck and the fighting done?
    Now I laugh content for I hear the voice of my little captain,
    We have not struck, he composedly cries, we have just begun our part of the fighting.”
    —Walt Whitman (1819–1892)

    “There is no Frigate like a Book”
    —Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)

    “There is no Frigate like a Book
    To take us Lands away
    Nor any Coursers like a Page
    Of prancing Poetry.”
    —Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)