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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 118 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SAMPAN , the name of the typical See also:

LIGHT

light See also:

BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

boat of far Eastern See also:

rivers and coastal See also:

WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters; it is usually propelled by a single See also:

SCULL (the same word as " skull," cf. Swed. skill, basin, hufvud-skal, skull of the head)

scull over the stern, and the centre and after See also:

PART

part is covered by an awning or See also:

SCREEN (usually, but very doubtfully, connected with Lat. scrinium, a box for holding books, from scribere, to write; a connexion with Ger. Schranke, barrier, has been suggested)

screen of See also:

MATTING

matting. The word is said to be See also:

CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese, See also:

SAN

san, thin, and See also:

pan, See also:

BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board. Others take it to be of See also:

MALAY

Malay origin.

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