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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Navy \Na"vy\; n.; pl. Navies. [ OF. navie, fr. L. navis ship.
     See Nave of a church.]
     1. A fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many
        as sail in company. ``The navy also of Hiram, that brought
        gold from Ophir.'' --1 kings x. 11.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The whole of the war vessels belonging to a nation or
        ruler, considered collectively; as, the navy of Italy.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. The officers and men attached to the war vessels of a
        nation; as, he belongs to the navy.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. same as navy blue.
        [PJC]
  
     Navy bean. see Bean.
  
     Navy yard, a place set apart as a shore station for the use
        of the navy. It often contains all the mechanical and
        other appliences for building and equipping war vessels
        and training their crews.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Bean \Bean\ (b[=e]n), n. [OE. bene, AS. be['a]n; akin to D.
     boon, G. bohne, OHG. p[=o]na, Icel. baun, Dan. b["o]nne, Sw.
     b["o]na, and perh. to Russ. bob, L. faba.]
     1. (Bot.) A name given to the seed of certain leguminous
        herbs, chiefly of the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and
        Dolichos; also, to the herbs.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The origin and classification of many kinds are still
           doubtful. Among true beans are: the black-eyed bean and
           China bean, included in Dolichos Sinensis; black
           Egyptian bean or hyacinth bean, Dolichos Lablab; the
           common haricot beans, kidney beans, string beans, and
           pole beans, all included in Phaseolus vulgaris; the
           lower bush bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, variety nanus;
           Lima bean, Phaseolus lunatus; Spanish bean and
           scarlet runner, Phaseolus multiflorus; Windsor bean,
           the common bean of England, Faba vulgaris.
           [1913 Webster] As an article of food beans are classed
           with vegetables.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more
        or less resembling true beans.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Bean+aphis+(Zo["o]l.),+a+plant+louse+({Aphis+fab[ae]" rel="nofollow">Bean aphis (Zo["o]l.), a plant louse ({Aphis fab[ae])
        which infests the bean plant.
  
     Bean fly (Zo["o]l.), a fly found on bean flowers.
  
     Bean goose (Zo["o]l.), a species of goose ({Anser
        segetum).
  
     Bean weevil (Zo["o]l.), a small weevil that in the larval
        state destroys beans. The American species is Bruchus
        fab[ae].
  
     Florida bean (Bot.), the seed of Mucuna urens, a West
        Indian plant. The seeds are washed up on the Florida
        shore, and are often polished and made into ornaments.
  
     Ignatius bean, or St. Ignatius's bean (Bot.), a species
        of Strychnos.
  
     Navy bean, the common dried white bean of commerce;
        probably so called because an important article of food in
        the navy.
  
     Pea bean, a very small and highly esteemed variety of the
        edible white bean; -- so called from its size.
  
     Sacred bean. See under Sacred.
  
     Screw bean. See under Screw.
  
     Sea bean.
        (a) Same as Florida bean.
        (b) A red bean of unknown species used for ornament.
  
     Tonquin bean, or Tonka bean, the fragrant seed of
        Dipteryx odorata, a leguminous tree.
  
     Vanilla bean. See under Vanilla.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Navy \Na"vy\; n.; pl. Navies. [ OF. navie, fr. L. navis ship.
     See Nave of a church.]
     1. A fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many
        as sail in company. ``The navy also of Hiram, that brought
        gold from Ophir.'' --1 kings x. 11.
  
     2. The whole of the war vessels belonging to a nation or
        ruler, considered collectively; as, the navy of Italy.
  
     3. The officers and men attached to the war vessels of a
        nation; as, he belongs to the navy.
  
     Navy bean. see Bean.
  
     Navy yard, a place set apart as a shore station for the use
        of the navy. It often contains all the mechanical and
        other appliences for building and equipping war vessels
        and training their crews.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Bean \Bean\ (b[=e]n), n. [OE. bene, AS. be['a]n; akin to D.
     boon, G. bohne, OHG. p[=o]na, Icel. baun, Dan. b["o]nne, Sw.
     b["o]na, and perh. to Russ. bob, L. faba.]
     1. (Bot.) A name given to the seed of certain leguminous
        herbs, chiefly of the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and
        Dolichos; also, to the herbs.
  
     Note: The origin and classification of many kinds are still
           doubtful. Among true beans are: the black-eyed bean and
           China bean, included in Dolichos Sinensis; black
           Egyptian bean or hyacinth bean, D. Lablab; the common
           haricot beans, kidney beans, string beans, and pole
           beans, all included in Phaseolus vulgaris; the lower
           bush bean, Ph. vulgaris, variety nanus; Lima bean,
           Ph. lunatus; Spanish bean and scarlet runner, Ph.
           maltiflorus; Windsor bean, the common bean of England,
           Faba vulgaris. As an article of food beans are
           classed with vegetables.
  
     2. The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more
        or less resembling true beans.
  
     Bean+aphis+(Zo["o]l.),+a+plant+louse+({Aphis+fab[ae]" rel="nofollow">Bean aphis (Zo["o]l.), a plant louse ({Aphis fab[ae])
        which infests the bean plant.
  
     Bean fly (Zo["o]l.), a fly found on bean flowers.
  
     Bean goose (Zo["o]l.), a species of goose ({Anser
        segetum).
  
     Bean weevil (Zo["o]l.), a small weevil that in the larval
        state destroys beans. The American species in Bruchus
        fab[ae].
  
     Florida bean (Bot.), the seed of Mucuna urens, a West
        Indian plant. The seeds are washed up on the Florida
        shore, and are often polished and made into ornaments.
  
     Ignatius bean, or St. Ignatius's bean (Bot.), a species
        of Strychnos.
  
     Navy bean, the common dried white bean of commerce;
        probably so called because an important article of food in
        the navy.
  
     Pea bean, a very small and highly esteemed variety of the
        edible white bean; -- so called from its size.
  
     Sacred bean. See under Sacred.
  
     Screw bean. See under Screw.
  
     Sea bean.
        (a) Same as Florida bean.
        (b) A red bean of unknown species used for ornament.
  
     Tonquin bean, or Tonka bean, the fragrant seed of
        Dipteryx odorata, a leguminous tree.
  
     Vanilla bean. See under Vanilla.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  navy bean
       n : white-seeded bean; usually dried [syn: pea bean, white
           bean]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  navy bean
     n.
     A white bean of a variety of common bean, ''Phaseolus vulgaris''; a
  haricot bean. (from 19th c.)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  navy bean
     n.
     A white bean of a variety of common bean, ''Phaseolus vulgaris''; a
  haricot bean. (from 19th c.)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  navy bean
     n.
     A white bean of a variety of common bean, ''Phaseolus vulgaris''; a
  haricot bean. (from 19th c.)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  navy bean
     n.
     A white bean of a variety of common bean, ''Phaseolus vulgaris''; a
  haricot bean. (from 19th c.)

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  navy bean /nˈeɪvi bˈiːn/
   [amer] sušená fazole

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  navy bean /nˈeɪvi bˈiːn/
  száraz fehér bab

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