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Schoolship
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) A vessel employed as a nautical training school, in which naval apprentices receive their education at the expense of the state, and are trained for service as sailors. Also, a vessel used as a reform school to which boys are committed by the courts to be disciplined, and instructed as mariners.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Schoolship'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/schoolship.html. 1828.