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Training ship   /trˈeɪnɪŋ ʃɪp/   Listen
noun
Training  n.  The act of one who trains; the act or process of exercising, disciplining, etc.; education.
Fan training (Hort.), the operation of training fruit trees, grapevines, etc., so that the branches shall radiate from the stem like a fan.
Horizontal training (Hort.), the operation of training fruit trees, grapevines, etc., so that the branches shall spread out laterally in a horizontal direction.
Training college. See Normal school, under Normal, a.
Training day, a day on which a military company assembles for drill or parade. (U. S.)
Training ship, a vessel on board of which boys are trained as sailors.
Synonyms: See Education.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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... deal with men so degraded that they wouldn't obey me unless I swore at them and kicked them and beat them with my fists. Foolish people took young thieves off the streets; flung them into a training ship where they were taught to fear the cane instead of fearing God; and thought they'd made men and sailors of them by private subscription. I tricked these thieves into believing I'd sold myself to the devil. It saved ...
— Heartbreak House • George Bernard Shaw



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