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1
: a typically 2-masted fore-and-aft rigged vessel with a foremast and a mainmast stepped nearly amidships
2
: a larger-than-usual drinking glass (as for beer)
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But some of its valuable cargo washed ashore, and another schooner was able to recover roughly 100,000 feet of lumber.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2025
But Marine Group will clean it more deeply, helping eliminate worms that can damage the schooner.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2025
Henry Goodsell was the 29-year-old captain of the schooner Oriental, which was hired in 1844 to deliver 60 tons of marble to a Philadelphia boarding school, according to research released this week from the Ramapo College of New Jersey Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center (IGG).
—Alana Wise, NPR, 23 May 2025
The schooner was transporting 60 tons of marble from Connecticut to Philadelphia to be used in the construction of Girard College, which still operates today.
—May 23, CBS News, 23 May 2025
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2025
But Marine Group will clean it more deeply, helping eliminate worms that can damage the schooner.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2025
Henry Goodsell was the 29-year-old captain of the schooner Oriental, which was hired in 1844 to deliver 60 tons of marble to a Philadelphia boarding school, according to research released this week from the Ramapo College of New Jersey Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center (IGG).
—Alana Wise, NPR, 23 May 2025
The schooner was transporting 60 tons of marble from Connecticut to Philadelphia to be used in the construction of Girard College, which still operates today.
—May 23, CBS News, 23 May 2025
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“Schooner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schooner. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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schooner
noun
schoo·ner
ˈskü-nər 
1
: a ship with a fore-and-aft rig and two or more masts
2
: a large tall glass (as for beer)
3
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