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launch(dictionary)
launch(2)(dictionary)
launch(1)(dictionary)
Launch(money)
launch(medicine)
National Launch(money)
Rolling Launch(money)
launch vehicle(encyclopedia)
launch 1, verb(dictionary)

launch(2) (iou)



launch noun2. L17.
[Spanish lancha pinnace, perh. of Malay origin: cf. Portuguese lanchara from Malay lancharan, from lanchar quick, nimble.]
1. Hist. A longboat of a man-of-war, more flat-bottomed than that of a merchant ship. L17.
2. More fully motor-launch, steam-launch, etc. A small motor boat carried on a cruising yacht; a similar boat, usu. partly open, used as a pleasure-boat. M19.
Comb.: launchman a man who operates a launch.
? Formerly pronounced .