{ ‖Al′ma‐di″a (�), ‖Al″ma‐die (�), } n. [F. almadie (cf. Sp. & Pg. almadia), fr. Ar. alma'dīyah a raft, float.] (Naut.) (a) A bark canoe used by the Africans. (b) A boat used at Calicut, in India, about eighty feet long, and six or seven broad.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.