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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Tarpaulin :: Tarpaulin (n.) A piece of canvas covered with tar or a waterproof composition, used for covering the hatches of a ship, hammocks, boats, etc..
Scull :: Scull (v. i.) To impel a boat with a scull or sculls.
Swampy :: Swamp (v. i.) To become filled with water, as a boat; to founder; to capsize or sink; figuratively, to be ruined; to be wrecked..
Train :: Train (v. i.) To prepare by exercise, diet, instruction, etc., for any physical contest; as, to train for a boat race..
Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) A permanent fender around a heavy boat just below the gunwale.
Bow Oar :: Bow oar () One who rows at the bow of a boat.
Boathouse :: Boathouse (n.) A house for sheltering boats.
Bushwhacking :: Bushwhacking (n.) Traveling, or working a way, through bushes; pulling by the bushes, as in hauling a boat along the bushy margin of a stream..
Coggle :: Coggle (n.) A small fishing boat.
Steamer :: Steamer (n.) A vessel propelled by steam; a steamship or steamboat.
Outrigger :: Outrigger (n.) A projecting support for a rowlock, extended from the side of a boat..
Packet :: Packet (n.) Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat..
Pleyt :: Pleyt (n.) An old term for a river boat.
Snag :: Snag (v. t.) To injure or destroy, as a steamboat or other vessel, by a snag, or projecting part of a sunken tree..
Water Carriage :: Water carriage () A vessel or boat.
Half-deck :: Half-deck (n.) A shell of the genus Crepidula; a boat shell. See Boat shell.
Lode-ship :: Lode-ship (n.) An old name for a pilot boat.
Gunboat :: Gunboat (n.) A vessel of light draught, carrying one or more guns..
Boat-shaped :: Boat-shaped (a.) See Cymbiform.
Leak :: Leak (n.) To let water or other fluid in or out through a hole, crevice, etc.; as, the cask leaks; the roof leaks; the boat leaks..
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