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Pontoon

A wooden flat-bottomed boat, a metallic cylinder, or a frame covered with canvas, India rubber, etc., forming a portable float, used in building bridges quickly for the passage of troops.

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Barge 76% connected

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

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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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Float 76% connected

Anything which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid, as to sustain weight, or to indicate the height of the surface, or mark the place of, somet…

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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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Lighter 76% connected

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

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Amphibian 70% connected

Of or pertaining to the Amphibia; as, amphibian reptiles.

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