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launch(2) (iou) and Vestris (Marie-Jean-) Auguste (sh)


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 .

Vestris (Marie-Jean-) Auguste (sh)




born March 27, 1760, Paris, Fr.
died Dec. 5, 1842, Paris

French ballet dancer.

He was trained by his father, Gaetan Vestris, before making his formal debut in 1776. His dazzlingly athletic dancing set a new style of ballet. In his last years he was a revered teacher.