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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SAIC

n.a Turkish or Grecian vessel, very common in the Levant, a kind of ketch which has no top-gallant-sail, nor mizen-top-sail.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SAIC

Sa "ic, n. Etym: [F. saïque, turk. shaïka.] (Naut. )

 

Defn: A kind of ketch very common in the Levant, which has neither topgallant sail nor mizzen topsail.