launching ways

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launching ways - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Launch \Launch\, n.
     1. The act of launching.
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     2. The movement of a vessel from land into the water;
        especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which
        it is built.
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     3. [Cf. Sp. lancha.] (Naut.) The boat of the largest size
        belonging to a ship of war; also, an open boat of any size
        driven by steam, naphtha, electricity, or the like.
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     Launching ways. (Naut.) See Way, n. (Naut.).
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