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n. [ OE. boot, bat, AS. bāt; akin to Icel. bātr, Sw. båt, Dan. baad, D. & G. boot. Cf. Bateau. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Different kinds of boats have different names; as, canoe, yawl, wherry, pinnace, punt, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet boat, passage boat, advice boat, etc. The term is sometimes applied to steam vessels, even of the largest class; as, the Cunard boats. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A vehicle, utensil, or dish, somewhat resembling a boat in shape; as, a stone boat; a gravy boat. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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; boat rowing; boat song; boatlike; boat-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

Advice boat. See under Advice. --
Boat hook (Naut.), an iron hook with a point on the back, fixed to a long pole, to pull or push a boat, raft, log, etc. Totten. --
Boat rope, a rope for fastening a boat; -- usually called a painter. --
In the same boat, in the same situation or predicament. [ Colloq. ] F. W. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Boated; p. pr. & vb. n. Boating. ] 1. To transport in a boat; as, to boat goods. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To place in a boat; as, to boat oars. [ 1913 Webster ]

To boat the oars. See under Oar. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To go or row in a boat. [ 1913 Webster ]

I boated over, ran my craft aground. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Such as can be transported in a boat. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Navigable for boats, or small river craft. [ 1913 Webster ]

The boatable waters of the Alleghany. J. Morse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Conveyance by boat; also, a charge for such conveyance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) 1. A wading bird (Cancroma cochlearia) of the tropical parts of South America. Its bill is somewhat like a boat with the keel uppermost. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A perching bird of India, of the genus Eurylaimus. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Boatfuls. The quantity or amount that fills a boat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A house for sheltering boats. [ 1913 Webster ]

Half the latticed boathouse hides. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act or practice of rowing or sailing, esp. as an amusement; carriage in boats. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In Persia, a punishment of capital offenders, by laying them on the back in a covered boat, where they are left to perish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. boatus, fr. boare to roar. ] A crying out; a roaring; a bellowing; reverberation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The guns were heard . . . about a hundred Italian miles, in long boations. Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Boatmen 1. A man who manages a boat; a rower of a boat. [ 1913 Webster ]

As late the boatman hies him home. Percival. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A boat bug. See Boat bug. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art of managing a boat. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) See Cymbiform. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) (a) A marine gastropod of the genus Crepidula. The species are numerous. It is so named from its form and interior deck. (b) A marine univalve shell of the genus Cymba. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A boatman. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Boat + swain. ] 1. (Naut.) An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging, colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a ship, and who also summons the crew, and performs other duties. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) (a) The jager gull. (b) The tropic bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

Boatswain's mate, an assistant of the boatswain. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A large grackle or blackbird (Quiscalus major), found in the Southern United States. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Boatwomen A woman who manages a boat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From bum the buttocks, on account of its clumsy form; or fr. D. bun a box for holding fish in a boat. ] (Naut.) A clumsy boat, used for conveying provisions, fruit, etc., for sale, to vessels lying in port or off shore. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) A small sailboat, with a single mast placed as far forward as possible, carring a sail extended by a gaff and long boom. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Chin. chop sort, quality. ] A licensed lighter employed in the transportation of goods to and from vessels. [ China ] S. W. Williams. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Cock a boat. ] A small boat, esp. one used on rivers or near the shore. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A vessel for conveying passengers, merchandise, etc., usually across streams, rivers, bays, and other narrow waters.
Syn. -- ferry{ 2 }. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A boat with a flat bottom and square ends; -- used for the transportation of bulky freight, especially in shallow waters. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Fly + boat: cf. D. vlieboot. ] 1. (Naut.) A large Dutch coasting vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

Captain George Weymouth made a voyage of discovery to the northwest with two flyboats. Purchas. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of passenger boat formerly used on canals. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A compact form of hydro-aëroplane having one central body, or hull. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. (Nav.) A vessel of light draught, carrying one or more guns, used for operations in shallow waters. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Nav.) Any small naval vessel carrying mounted guns. [ PJC ]

n. (Naut.) A vessel whose deck consists almost wholly of movable hatches; -- used mostly in the fisheries. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a barge that is designed and equipped for use as a dwelling. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. A ship with a reinforced bow to break up ice and keep channels open for navigation; an icebreaker.
Syn. -- icebreaker. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a sailing craft with runners and a cross-shaped frame; suitable for traveling over ice; it is usually propelled by a sail, and sometimes by an engine-powered propeller.
Syn. -- ice yacht. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ A corruption of Dan. jolle yawl, or of D. jol yawl + E. boat. See Yawl the boat. ] (Naut.) A boat of medium size belonging to a ship. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A strong, buoyant boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Light-ship. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) Formerly, the largest boat carried by a merchant vessel, corresponding to the launch of a naval vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A flat-bottomed boat with a pointed prow and square stern, using oars or sails or both, used esp. on the upper Great Lakes and their tributaries. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. a boat that carries the mail.
Syn. -- mail boat, packet, packet boat. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

A kind of boat used on the coast of Madras, India. The planks are sewed together with strands of coir which cross over a wadding of the same material, so that the shock on taking the beach through surf is much reduced. [ Written also masula, masulah, etc. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

. See Masoola boat. [ 1913 Webster ]

Same as Masoola boat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine driving propellers immersed in the water.
Syn. -- powerboat. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. A kind of sauce boat or dish. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A large spiral East Indian marine shell (Turbinella rapha); -- so called because used by native priests to hold the oil for anointing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Repetition of a bellow. [ R. ] Bp. Patrick. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A boat designed to be propelled by oars instead of sails. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A boat propelled by a sail or sails. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ AS. s&aemacr_;bāt. ] 1. A boat or vessel adapted to the open sea; hence, a vessel considered with reference to her power of resisting a storm, or maintaining herself in a heavy sea; as, a good sea boat. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A chiton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A boat sent to make discoveries and bring intelligence. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A boat or vessel propelled by steam power; -- generally used of river or coasting craft, as distinguished from ocean steamers. [ 1913 Webster ]