navee — obs. form of navy … Useful english dictionary
NAVÉE — s. f. Charge d un bateau. Il est arrivé au port deux navées de tuiles … Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)
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H.M.S. Pinafore — or The Lass that Loved a Sailor , is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It is one of the Savoy Operas, and the first big hit by Gilbert and Sullivan. It opened at the Opera Comique in London o … Wikipedia
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William Henry Smith (politician) — A Long Distance Swim W.H. Smith: Hooray another stroke or two and we ve done it. Cartoon satirising Smith as rowing and Lord Salisbury, Prime Minister, swimming towards the end of the Parliamentary year to escape the twin waves of Free Education… … Wikipedia
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