Definition of boa

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Boa (n.) A long, round fur tippet; -- so called from its resemblance in shape to the boa constrictor..

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Larboard :: Larboard (n.) The left-hand side of a ship to one on board facing toward the bow; port; -- opposed to starboard.
Bounce :: Bounce (n.) Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.
Wainscot :: Wainscot (v. t.) To line with boards or panelwork, or as if with panelwork; as, to wainscot a hall..
Tew :: Tew (n.) A rope or chain for towing a boat; also, a cord; a string..
Crack :: Crack (v. i.) To utter vain, pompous words; to brag; to boast; -- with of..
Entrain :: Entrain (v. t.) To put aboard a railway train; as, to entrain a regiment..
Carina :: Carina (n.) A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat.
Loggerhead :: Loggerhead (n.) An upright piece of round timber, in a whaleboat, over which a turn of the line is taken when it is running out too fast..
Boatswain :: Boatswain (n.) The tropic bird.
Bail :: Bail (n.) A half hoop for supporting the cover of a carrier's wagon, awning of a boat, etc..
Paddle :: Paddle (v. i.) An implement with a broad blade, which is used without a fixed fulcrum in propelling and steering canoes and boats..
Adviso :: Adviso (n.) Advice; counsel; suggestion; also, a dispatch or advice boat..
Dory :: Dory (n.) A small, strong, flat-bottomed rowboat, with sharp prow and flaring sides..
Boatable :: Boatable (a.) Such as can be transported in a boat.
Row :: Row (n.) The act of rowing; excursion in a rowboat.
Hawse :: Hawse (n.) The situation of the cables when a vessel is moored with two anchors, one on the starboard, the other on the port bow..
Stretcher :: Stretcher (n.) A narrow crosspiece of the bottom of a boat against which a rower braces his feet.
Bowman :: Bowman (n.) The man who rows the foremost oar in a boat; the bow oar.
Bluster :: Bluster (v. i.) To talk with noisy violence; to swagger, as a turbulent or boasting person; to act in a noisy, tumultuous way; to play the bully; to storm; to rage..
Kedge :: Kedge (n.) To move (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat, dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it..
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