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1. ˈbankshall, n. View full entry 1688
...A warehouse....
2. corocoro, n. View full entry 1606
...A boat used in the Malay Archipelago, = caracore...
3. gong, n.2 View full entry c1600
...A metallic disk with upturned rim (usually made of an alloy composed of four parts copper to one of tin) which produces resonant musical notes when suspended and struck with a soft...
4. lakatoi, n. View full entry 1885
...In New Guinea, a native dug-out canoe, with two or more hulls....
5. laksamana, n. View full entry 1615
...The title formerly given to a high dignitary or admiral in Malaya....
6. moki, n.2 View full entry 1835
...A Maori raft, usually made of bulrushes or other similar material....
7. paddy, n.1 View full entry 1623
...Now freq. in form padi. Rough or unhusked rice (Oryza sativa), either as a growing crop or when harvested but not yet threshed....
8. pae-pae, n.3 View full entry 1958
...A type of Polynesian raft....
9. pajala, n. View full entry 1937
...In eastern Indonesia: a double-ended open boat with a tripod mast, traditionally used for fishing. Cf. palari...
10. palari, n. View full entry 1936
...A Malay and Indonesian sailing vessel; spec. a two-masted pleasure boat with a carved stern. Cf. pajala...
11. prahu, n. View full entry 1582
...In Malaysia and Indonesia: a type of undecked sailing boat, usually with a large triangular sail and a canoe-like outrigger. In Southern India: a small sailing boat or catamaran....
12. prang, v. View full entry 1941
...trans. orig. and chiefly R.A.F. To crash or crash-land (an aircraft)....
13. pukatea, n. View full entry 1841
...A tall New Zealand forest tree, Laurelia novae-zelandiae (family Monimiaceae), which has glossy aromatic leaves and small racemes of tiny yellowish flowers and is noted for having plank...
14. rum, n.2 View full entry 1654
...An alcoholic spirit distilled from molasses and other sugar-cane products, prepared chiefly in the Caribbean and parts of Central and South America; a serving or variety of this....
15. tongkang, n. View full entry 1834
...A sea-going barge used as a cargo boat in the Malay archipelago....
16. vinta, n. View full entry 1900
...A kind of canoe used by the Moros in the Philippine Islands....
17. waka, n.1 View full entry 1807
...A Maori canoe (see quots.)....
