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Rowboat

A boat designed to be propelled by oars instead of sails.

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Wherry 76% connected

A passenger barge or lighter plying on rivers; also, a kind of light, half-decked vessel used in fishing.

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Oarlock 70% connected

The notch, fork, or other device on the gunwale of a boat, in which the oar rests in rowing. See Rowlock.

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Peg 70% connected

A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg.

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Pin 70% connected

To peen.

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Rowlock 70% connected

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 pai…

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Thole 70% connected

A wooden or metal pin, set in the gunwale of a boat, to serve as a fulcrum for the oar in rowing.

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Thwart 70% connected

Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.

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Dinghy 92% connected

A kind of boat used in the East Indies.

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Dory 92% connected

A European fish. See Doree, and John Doree.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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