Boat definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary BOAT, n. 1. A small open vessel, or water craft, usually ... The different kinds of boats have different names, as, long-boat,lanch, barge, pinnace,jolly-boat, cutter, yawl, ferry-boat, wherry, Moses-boat, punt, felucca, fishing-boat,perogue, etc. 2. A small ...
Advice boat definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Advice Ad*vice", n. [OE ... Law) Counseling to perform a specific illegal act. --Wharton. Advice boat, a vessel employed to carry dispatches or to reconnoiter; a dispatch boat. To take advice. (a) To accept advice. (b) To consult ... recommendation; admonition; exhortation; information; notice. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Note: Boat is much used either adjectively or in combination; as, boat builder or boatbuilder; boat building or boatbuilding; boat hook or boathook; boathouse; boat ...
boat hook definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: pole ... on the back used especially to pull or push a boat, raft, or log into place Webster's 1913 Dictionary Note: Boat is much used either adjectively or in combination; as, boat builder or boatbuilder; boat building or boatbuilding; boat hook or boathook; boathouse; boat keeper or boatkeeper; boat ...
Boat rope definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Note: Boat is much used either adjectively or in combination; as, boat builder or boatbuilder; boat building or boatbuilding; boat hook or boathook; boathouse; boat keeper or boatkeeper; boat load; boat race; boat racing; ...
in the same boat definitions Merriam Webster's phrasal in the same situation or predicament Webster's 1913 Dictionary Note: Boat is much used either adjectively or in combination; as, boat builder or boatbuilder; boat building or boatbuilding; boat hook or boathook; boathouse; boat keeper or boatkeeper; boat load; boat race; boat racing; ...
To boat the oars definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Oar Oar, n ... row, v. Cf. Rowlock.] 1. An implement for impelling a boat, being a slender piece of timber, usually ash or spruce ... fulcrum, called a rowlock, fixed to the side of the boat. 2. An oarsman; a rower; as, he is a good ... afford a better hold upon the water in rowing. To boat the oars, to cease rowing, and lay the oars in the boat. To feather the oars. See under Feather., v. t. To ... them perpendicularly, the handle resting on the bottom of the boat. To trail oars, to allow them to trail in ...
canal boat definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a long boat that carries freight and is narrow enough to be used in canals [syn: canal boat, narrow boat, narrowboat] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Canal Ca*nal", n. [F ... the alimentary canal; the semicircular canals of the ear. Canal boat, a boat for use on a canal; esp. one of peculiar ...
... urge, drive, impel. See Rudder.] 1. To impel, as a boat or vessel along the surface of water by oars; as, to row a boat. 2. To transport by rowing; as, to row the captain ... syn: rowing, row] v 1: propel with oars; "row the boat across the lake" Merriam Webster's I. verb Etymology: Middle ... Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to propel a boat by means of oars 2. to move by or as ... in a crew 2. to transport in an oar-propelled boat • rower noun II. noun Date: 1832 an act or instance ... f. Gmc 2. v. & n. --v. 1 tr. propel (a boat) with oars. 2 tr. convey (a passenger) in a ...
Jolly-boat definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary JOL'LY-BOAT, n. A small boat belonging to a ship. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Jolly-boat Jol"ly-boat`, n. [A corruption of Dan. jolle yawl, or of D. jol yawl + E. boat. See Yawl the boat.] (Naut.) A boat of medium ...
... transport over a river, strait or other water, in a boat. We ferry men, horses, carriages, over rivers, for a moderate ... FER'RY, v.i. To pass over water in a boat. FER'RY, n. 1. A boat or small vessel in which passengers and goods are conveyed ... latter senses.] WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water ... on a regular schedule [syn: ferry, ferryboat] 2: transport by boat or aircraft [syn: ferry, ferrying] v 1: transport from one ... before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to carry by boat over a body of water b. to cross by ...
Boat-shaped definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary BOAT-SHAPED, a. Having the shape of a boat; navicular; cymbiform; hollow like a boat; as the valve of some pericarps. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: having a concave shape like a boat Webster's 1913 Dictionary Boat-shaped Boat"-shaped`, a. (Bot.) See Cymbiform. Soule's ...
boat bug definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: carnivorous ... aquatic bug having paddle-like hind legs [syn: water boatman, boat bug] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Boat bug Boat" bug` (Zo["o]l.) An aquatic hemipterous insect of the ... its back, which gives it the appearance of a little boat. Called also boat fly, boat insect, boatman, and water boatman.
packet boat definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a boat for carrying mail [syn: mailboat, mail boat, packet, packet boat] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Packet Pack"et, n. [F. paquet ... and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat. Packet boat, ship, or vessel. See Packet, n., 2. Packet day, ...