Hypertext Webster Gateway: "boat"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Boat \Boat\ (b[=o]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)

Boat \Boat\, v. i.
To go or row in a boat.

I boated over, ran my craft aground. --Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Boat \Boat\, n. [OE. boot, bat, AS. b[=a]t; akin to Icel.
b[=a]tr, Sw. b[*a]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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

boat
n 1: a small vessel for travel on water
2: a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce [syn:
{gravy boat}, {sauceboat}]
v : ride in a boat on water


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