boat

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 ]

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 ]

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 ]