setee

setee
Settee Set*tee", n. [F. sc['e]tie, scitie.] (Naut.) A vessel with a very long, sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails, -- used in the Mediterranean. [Written also {setee}.] [1913 Webster]

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