an alleged name for a kind of small sea-going vessel, is prob. a spurious word: in the Fr. text of Froissart, which Berners followed, lique is believed to be a mistake for ligne: see LINE sb.3
1523. Ld. Berners, Froiss., I. lxxxiiii. h b/2. A lytell shyppe called Lyque [F. lique].
1847. Nicolas, Hist. R. Navy, II. 164. Lique was a small, light, swift vessel. Froissart says [etc.].
1894. C. N. Robinson, Brit. Fleet, 210. ‘Liques’ and ‘lynes,’ small swift rowing galleys.
