B'ARGE, n. barj. [Barge, and bark or barque, a ship, are radically one word.]
1. A pleasure boat; a vessel or boat of state, furnished with elegant apartments, canopies and cushions, equipped with a band of rowers, and decorated with flags and streamers; used by officers and magistrates.
2. A flat-bottomed vessel of burthen, for loading and unloading ships.
