Definition of boat

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Boat (n.) A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail..

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Funny :: Funny (n.) A clinkerbuit, narrow boat for sculling..
Stern :: Stern (v. t.) The helm or tiller of a vessel or boat; also, the rudder..
Skiff :: Skiff (n.) A small, light boat..
Serang :: Serang (n.) The boatswain of a Lascar or East Ondian crew.
Tongkang :: Tongkang (n.) A kind of boat or junk used in the seas of the Malay Archipelago.
Calk :: Calk (v. t.) To drive tarred oakum into the seams between the planks of (a ship, boat, etc.), to prevent leaking. The calking is completed by smearing the seams with melted pitch..
Lock :: Lock (v. t.) To furnish with locks; also, to raise or lower (a boat) in a lock..
Hoveler :: Hoveler (n.) One who assists in saving life and property from a wreck; a coast boatman.
Billethead :: Billethead (n.) A round piece of timber at the bow or stern of a whaleboat, around which the harpoon lone is run out when the whale darts off..
Lap :: Lap (n.) The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping; as, the second boat got a lap of half its length on the leader..
Pipe :: Pipe (v. t.) To call or direct, as a crew, by the boatswain's whistle..
Barge :: Barge (n.) A pleasure boat; a vessel or boat of state, elegantly furnished and decorated..
Boatbill :: Boatbill (n.) A wading bird (Cancroma cochlearia) of the tropical parts of South America. Its bill is somewhat like a boat with the keel uppermost.
Row :: Row (v. t.) To transport in a boat propelled with oars; as, to row the captain ashore in his barge..
Flyboat :: Flyboat (n.) A large Dutch coasting vessel.
Boat :: Boat (n.) Hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet boat, passage boat, advice boat, etc. The term is sometimes applied to steam vessels, even of the largest class; as, the Cunard boats..
Fishing :: Fishing (n.) Pertaining to fishing; used in fishery; engaged in fishing; as, fishing boat; fishing tackle; fishing village..
Knuckle :: Knuckle (n.) A convex portion of a vessel's figure where a sudden change of shape occurs, as in a canal boat, where a nearly vertical side joins a nearly flat bottom..
Bump :: Bump (n.) The act of striking the stern of the boat in advance with the prow of the boat following.
Cog :: Cog (n.) A small fishing boat.
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