Definition of boat

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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..

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Scaphite :: Scaphite (n.) Any fossil cephalopod shell of the genus Scaphites, belonging to the Ammonite family and having a chambered boat-shaped shell. Scaphites are found in the Cretaceous formation..
Back :: Back (n.) A ferryboat. See Bac, 1..
Trackage :: Trackage (n.) The act of tracking, or towing, as a boat; towage..
Grackle :: Grackle (n.) One of several American blackbirds, of the family Icteridae; as, the rusty grackle (Scolecophagus Carolinus); the boat-tailed grackle (see Boat-tail); the purple grackle (Quiscalus quiscula, or Q. versicolor). See Crow blackbird, under Crow..
Moor :: Moor (v. t.) To fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains; as, the vessel was moored in the stream; they moored the boat to the wharf..
Cobble :: Cobble (n.) A fishing boat. See Coble.
Skiff :: Skiff (n.) A small, light boat..
Outrigger :: Outrigger (n.) A projecting contrivance at the side of a boat to prevent upsetting, as projecting spars with a log at the end..
Dahabeah :: Dahabeah (n.) A Nile boat constructed on the model of a floating house, having large lateen sails..
Passager :: Passager (n.) A passenger; a bird or boat of passage.
Tilt :: Tilt (n.) A cloth cover of a boat; a small canopy or awning extended over the sternsheets of a boat.
Bumbarge :: Bumbarge (n.) See Bumboat.
Corocore :: Corocore (n.) A kind of boat of various forms, used in the Indian Archipelago..
Loggerhead :: Loggerhead (n.) An upright piece of round timber, in a whaleboat, over which a turn of the line is taken when it is running out too fast..
Ferry :: Ferry (v. t.) A vessel in which passengers and goods are conveyed over narrow waters; a ferryboat; a wherry.
Puddening :: Puddening (n.) A quantity of rope-yarn, or the like, placed, as a fender, on the bow of a boat..
Sailboat :: Sailboat (n.) A boat propelled by a sail or sails.
Water Boatman :: Water boatman () A boat bug.
Papboat :: Papboat (n.) A kind of sauce boat or dish.
Oared :: Oared (a.) Furnished with oars; -- chiefly used in composition; as, a four-oared boat..
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