Boat :: Boat (n.) A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail..
Boat :: Boat (n.) 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..
Boat :: Boat (n.) A vehicle, utensil, or dish, somewhat resembling a boat in shape; as, a stone boat; a gravy boat..
Boat :: Boat (v. t.) To transport in a boat; as, to boat goods..
Boat :: Boat (v. t.) To place in a boat; as, to boat oars..
Boat Bug :: Boat bug () 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..
Boat Shell :: Boat shell () A marine gastropod of the genus Crepidula. The species are numerous. It is so named from its form and interior deck.
Boat Shell :: Boat shell () A marine univalve shell of the genus Cymba.
Boat-tail :: Boat-tail (n.) A large grackle or blackbird (Quiscalus major), found in the Southern United States..
Boatable :: Boatable (a.) Such as can be transported in a boat.
Boatable :: Boatable (a.) Navigable for boats, or small river craft..
Boatage :: Boatage (n.) Conveyance by boat; also, a charge for such conveyance..
Boatbill :: Boatbill (n.) A wading bird (Cancroma cochlearia) of the tropical parts of South America. Its bill is somewhat like a boat with the keel uppermost.
Boatbill :: Boatbill (n.) A perching bird of India, of the genus Eurylaimus..
Boatswain :: Boatswain (n.) 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..