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Aeronautics :: Aeronautics (n.) The science or art of ascending and sailing in the air, as by means of a balloon; aerial navigation; ballooning..

Shipping :: Shipping (n.) Navigation.

Balloon :: Balloon (n.) A bag made of silk or other light material, and filled with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float in the atmosphere; especially, one with a car attached for aerial navigation..

Canal :: Canal (n.) An artificial channel filled with water and designed for navigation, or for irrigating land, etc..

Vessel :: Vessel (n.) A general name for any hollow structure made to float upon the water for purposes of navigation; especially, one that is larger than a common rowboat; as, a war vessel; a passenger vessel..

Raft :: Raft (n.) A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. (such as is formed in some Western rivers of the United States), which obstructs navigation..

Maritime :: Maritime (a.) Of or pertaining to the ocean; marine; pertaining to navigation and naval affairs, or to shipping and commerce by sea..

Boom :: Boom (n.) A strong chain cable, or line of spars bound together, extended across a river or the mouth of a harbor, to obstruct navigation or passage..

Navigator :: Navigator (n.) One who navigates or sails; esp., one who direct the course of a ship, or one who is skillful in the art of navigation; also, a book which teaches the art of navigation; as, Bowditch's Navigator..

Pitpan :: Pitpan (n.) A long, flat-bottomed canoe, used for the navigation of rivers and lagoons in Central America..

Bar :: Bar (n.) A bank of sand, gravel, or other matter, esp. at the mouth of a river or harbor, obstructing navigation..

Aerostation :: Aerostation (n.) Aerial navigation; the art of raising and guiding balloons in the air.

Circumnavigation :: Circumnavigation (n.) The act of circumnavigating, or sailing round..

Cabotage :: Cabotage (n.) Navigation along the coast; the details of coast pilotage.

Gabert :: Gabert (n.) A lighter, or vessel for inland navigation..

Navvy :: Navvy (n.) Originally, a laborer on canals for internal navigation; hence, a laborer on other public works, as in building railroads, embankments, etc..

Frigate :: Frigate (n.) Originally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars. The French, about 1650, transferred the name to larger vessels, and by 1750 it had been appropriated for a class of war vessels intermediate between corvettes and ships of the line. Frigates, from about 1750 to 1850, had one full battery deck and, often, a spar deck with a lighter battery. They carried sometimes as many as fifty guns. After the application of steam to navigation steam frigates of largely incre

Anacharis :: Anacharis (n.) A fresh-water weed of the frog's-bit family (Hydrocharidaceae), native to America. Transferred to England it became an obstruction to navigation. Called also waterweed and water thyme..

Marine :: Marine (a.) Of or pertaining to the sea; having to do with the ocean, or with navigation or naval affairs; nautical; as, marine productions or bodies; marine shells; a marine engine..

Hoppo :: Hoppo (n.) A tribunal or commission having charge of the revenue derived from trade and navigation.

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