Argosy \Ar"go*sy\, n.; pl. {Argosies}. [Earlier ragusy, fr.
ragusa meaning orig. a vessel of Ragusa.]
A large ship, esp. a merchant vessel of the largest size.
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Where your argosies with portly sail . . .
Do overpeer the petty traffickers. --Shak.
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