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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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Alongside :: Alongside (adv.) Along or by the side; side by side with; -- often with of; as, bring the boat alongside; alongside of him; alongside of the tree..

Skiff :: Skiff (n.) A small, light boat..

Scull :: Scull (v. i.) To impel a boat with a scull or sculls.

Lead :: Lead (n.) precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; as, the white horse had the lead; a lead of a boat's length, or of half a second..

Papboat :: Papboat (n.) A large spiral East Indian marine shell (Turbinella rapha); -- so called because used by native priests to hold the oil for anointing.

Oomiak :: Oomiak (n.) A long, broad boat used by the Eskimos..

Weighlock :: Weighlock (n.) A lock, as on a canal, in which boats are weighed and their tonnage is settled..

Hooker :: Hooker (n.) A fishing boat with one mast, used on the coast of Ireland..

Chopboat :: Chopboat (n.) A licensed lighter employed in the transportation of goods to and from vessels.

Snag :: Snag (n.) A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk..

Boated :: Boated (imp. & p. p.) of Boa.

Tow :: Tow (v. t.) That which is towed, or drawn by a towline, as a barge, raft, collection of boats, ect..

Ferry :: Ferry (v. t.) A place where persons or things are carried across a river, arm of the sea, etc., in a ferryboat..

Aviso :: Aviso (n.) An advice boat, or dispatch boat..

Barge :: Barge (n.) A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat..

Serang :: Serang (n.) The boatswain of a Lascar or East Ondian crew.

Spyglass :: Spyboat (n.) A boat sent to make discoveries and bring intelligence.

Foul :: Foul (v. t.) To entangle, so as to impede motion; as, to foul a rope or cable in paying it out; to come into collision with; as, one boat fouled the other in a race..

Dhony :: Dhony (n.) A Ceylonese boat. See Doni.

Outrigger :: Outrigger (n.) A projecting support for a rowlock, extended from the side of a boat..