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Boat

A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail.

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Narrower term 27

Ark 76% connected

A chest, or coffer.

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Barge 76% connected

A pleasure boat; a vessel or boat of state, elegantly furnished and decorated.

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Bumboat 76% connected

A clumsy boat, used for conveying provisions, fruit, etc., for sale, to vessels lying in port or off shore.

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Catamaran 76% connected

A kind of raft or float, consisting of two or more logs or pieces of wood lashed together, and moved by paddles or sail; -- used as a surf boat and f…

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Cutter 76% connected

One who cuts; as, a stone cutter; a die cutter; esp., one who cuts out garments.

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Ferry 76% connected

To carry or transport over a river, strait, or other narrow water, in a boat.

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Ferryboat 76% connected

A vessel for conveying passengers, merchandise, etc., across streams and other narrow waters.

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Flatboat 76% connected

A boat with a flat bottom and square ends; -- used for the transportation of bulky freight, especially in shallow waters.

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Gondola 76% connected

A long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, used in the canals of Venice. A gondola is usually propelled by one or two oarsmen who stand facing t…

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Gunboat 76% connected

A vessel of light draught, carrying one or more guns.

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Hoy 76% connected

A small coaster vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used in conveying passengers and goods from place to place, or as a tender to larger vessels in port.

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Junk 76% connected

A fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece. See Chunk.

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Lighter 76% connected

One who, or that which, lights; as, a lighter of lamps.

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Longboat 76% connected

Formerly, the largest boat carried by a merchant vessel, corresponding to the launch of a naval vessel.

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Lugger 76% connected

A small vessel having two or three masts, and a running bowsprit, and carrying lugsails. See Illustration in Appendix.

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Mackinaw 76% connected

A thick blanket formerly in common use in the western part of the United States.

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Packet 76% connected

A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters.

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Pinnace 76% connected

A small vessel propelled by sails or oars, formerly employed as a tender, or for coast defence; -- called originally, spynace or spyne.

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Punt 76% connected

To play at basset, baccara, faro. or omber; to gamble.

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Scow 76% connected

A large flat-bottomed boat, having broad, square ends.

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Steamboat 76% connected

A boat or vessel propelled by steam power; -- generally used of river or coasting craft, as distinguished from ocean steamers.

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Surfboat 76% connected

A boat intended for use in heavy surf. It is built with a pronounced sheer, and with a view to resist the shock of waves and of contact with the beac…

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Tender 76% connected

One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse.

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Towboat 76% connected

A vessel constructed for being towed, as a canal boat.

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Tower 76% connected

A mass of building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its diameter, but when of great size not always of that proportion.

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Tug 76% connected

To pull or draw with great effort; to draw along with continued exertion; to haul along; to tow; as, to tug a loaded cart; to tug a ship into port.

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Tugboat 76% connected

See Tug, n., 3.

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Canoe 76% connected

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 paddl…

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Kayak 76% connected

A light canoe, made of skins stretched over a frame, and usually capable of carrying but one person, who sits amidships and uses a double-bladed padd…

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Paddle 76% connected

To use the hands or fingers in toying; to make caressing strokes.

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Row 76% connected

Rough; stern; angry.

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Sail 76% connected

An extent of canvas or other fabric by means of which the wind is made serviceable as a power for propelling vessels through the water.

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Yacht 76% connected

A light and elegantly furnished vessel, used either for private parties of pleasure, or as a vessel of state to convey distinguished persons from one…

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Dish 76% connected

A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table.

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Ride 76% connected

To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.

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Vessel 76% connected

A hollow or concave utensil for holding anything; a hollow receptacle of any kind, as a hogshead, a barrel, a firkin, a bottle, a kettle, a cup, a bo…

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