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Jolly-boat :: Jolly-boat (n.) A boat of medium size belonging to a ship.

Flash :: Flash (n.) A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream may pour in water as boats pass, and thus bear them over the shoal..

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..

Boat Bug :: Boat bug () An aquatic hemipterous insect of the genus Notonecta; -- so called from swimming on its back, which gives it the appearance of a little boat. Called also boat fly, boat insect, boatman, and water boatman..

Tilt :: Tilt (n.) A cloth cover of a boat; a small canopy or awning extended over the sternsheets of a boat.

Trackage :: Trackage (n.) The act of tracking, or towing, as a boat; towage..

Packet :: Packet (v. i.) To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.

Dump :: Dump (n.) A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc..

Grapnel :: Grapnel (n.) A small anchor, with four or five flukes or claws, used to hold boats or small vessels; hence, any instrument designed to grapple or hold; a grappling iron; a grab; -- written also grapline, and crapnel..

Steam Engine :: Steamboating (n.) The shearing of a pile of books which are as yet uncovered, or out of boards..

Canoe :: Canoe (n.) A boat used by rude nations, formed of trunk of a tree, excavated, by cutting of burning, into a suitable shape. It is propelled by a paddle or paddles, or sometimes by sail, and has no rudder..

Gunboat :: Gunboat (n.) A vessel of light draught, carrying one or more guns..

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..

Pipe :: Pipe (v. i.) To call, convey orders, etc., by means of signals on a pipe or whistle carried by a boatswain..

Coggle :: Coggle (n.) A small fishing boat.

Una Boat :: Una boat () The English name for a catboat; -- so called because Una was the name of the first boat of this kind taken to England.

Sponson :: Sponson (n.) One of the slanting supports under the guards of a steamboat.

Towboat :: Towboat (n.) A steamer used for towing other vessels; a tug.

Scout :: Scout (n.) A swift sailing boat.

Bumbarge :: Bumbarge (n.) See Bumboat.

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