boyer

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boyer - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Boyer \Boy"er\, n. [D. boeijer; -- so called because these
     vessels were employed for laying the boeijen, or buoys: cf.
     F. boyer. See Buoy.] (Naut.)
     A Flemish sloop with a castle at each end. --Sir W. Raleigh.
     [1913 Webster]