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Definition of Bucenteur

Bucen`taur, the state galley, worked by oars and manned by 168 rowers, in which the Doge of Venice used to sail on the occasion of the annual ceremony of wedding anew the Adriatic Sea by sinking a ring in it.

- Wikipedia

Bu*cen"taur (&?;), n. [Gr. boy^s ox + ke`ntayros centaur.] 1. A fabulous monster, half ox, half man.

2. [It. bucentoro.] The state barge of Venice, used by the doge in the ceremony of espousing the Adriatic.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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