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De - Pt| English Dictionary: 'boat | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Boat \Boat\, n. [OE. boot, bat, AS. b[be]t; akin to Icel. b[be]tr, Sw. b[86]t, Dan. baad, D. & G. boot. Cf. {Bateau}.] 1. A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail. Note: Different kinds of boats have different names; as, canoe, yawl, wherry, pinnace, punt, etc. 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. 3. A vehicle, utensil, or dish, somewhat resembling a boat in shape; as, a stone boat; a gravy boat. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Boat \Boat\ (b[omac]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Boated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Boating}.] 1. To transport in a boat; as, to boat goods. 2. To place in a boat; as, to boat oars. {To boat the oars}. See under {Oar}. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Boat \Boat\, v. i. To go or row in a boat. I boated over, ran my craft aground. --Tennyson. | |
