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2. A vessel or fleet, or a train or
trains of wagons, employed in the transportation of munitions of
war, money, subsistence, clothing, etc., and having an armed
escort.

3. A protection force accompanying ships,
etc., on their way from place to place, by sea or land; an
escort, for protection or guidance.

When every morn my bosom glowed

To watch the convoy on the road.

Emerson.

4. Conveyance; means of
transportation. [Obs.] Shak.

5. A drag or brake applied to the wheels
of a carriage, to check their velocity in going down a
hill. Knight.

Con*vulse" (?), v. t. [imp.
& p. p. Convulsed (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Convulsing.] [L. convulsus, p. p. of
convellere to tear up, to shake; con- +
vellere to pluck, pull.] 1. To
contract violently and irregulary, as the muscular parts of an
animal body; to shake with irregular spasms, as in excessive
laughter, or in agony from grief or pain.

With emotions which checked his voice and
convulsed his powerful frame.


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