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(n.) A projecting beam or boom; as: (a) One projecting from each bow of a vessel, to haul the fore tack to, called a tack bumpkin. (b) One from each quarter, for the main-brace blocks, and called brace bumpkin. (c) A small outrigger over the stern of a boat, to extend the mizzen.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bumkin'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/bumkin.html. 1828.
 
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