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Catboat :: Catboat (n.) A small sailboat, with a single mast placed as far forward as possible, carring a sail extended by a gaff and long boom. See Illustration in Appendix..

Guess Warp :: Guess warp () A rope or hawser by which a vessel is towed or warped along; -- so called because it is necessary to guess at the length to be carried in the boat making the attachment to a distant object.

Budgerow :: budgerow (n.) A large and commodious, but generally cumbrous and sluggish boat, used for journeys on the Ganges..

Navicular :: Navicular (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a boat or ship..

Sponson :: Sponson (n.) One of the triangular platforms in front of, and abaft, the paddle boxes of a steamboat..

Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) The oar nearest the stern of a boat, by which the other oars are guided; -- called also stroke oar..

Davit :: Davit (n.) Curved arms of timber or iron, projecting over a ship's side of stern, having tackle to raise or lower a boat, swing it in on deck, rig it out for lowering, etc.; -- called also boat davits..

Swifter :: Swifter (n.) A rope used to encircle a boat longitudinally, to strengthen and defend her sides..

Hoveler :: Hoveler (n.) One who assists in saving life and property from a wreck; a coast boatman.

Rowlock :: Rowlock (n.) A contrivance or arrangement serving as a fulcrum for an oar in rowing. It consists sometimes of a notch in the gunwale of a boat, sometimes of a pair of pins between which the oar rests on the edge of the gunwale, sometimes of a single pin passing through the oar, or of a metal fork or stirrup pivoted in the gunwale and suporting the oar..

Disembark :: Disembark (v. i.) To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a ship; to debark.

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..

Barque :: Barque (n.) Formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind..

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

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..

Boathouse :: Boathouse (n.) A house for sheltering boats.

Coble :: Coble (n.) A flat-floored fishing boat with a lug sail, and a drop rudder extending from two to four feet below the keel. It was originally used on the stormy coast of Yorkshire, England..

Waterboard :: Waterboard (n.) A board set up to windward in a boat, to keep out water..

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

Bilalo :: Bilalo (n.) A two-masted passenger boat or small vessel, used in the bay of Manila..

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