01 n. A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail.
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1.
A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail.
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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.
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3.
A vehicle, utensil, or dish, somewhat resembling a boat in shape; as, a stone boat; a gravy boat.
Phrases & compounds
Advice boat —
See under Advice.
Boat hook —
an iron hook with a point on the back, fixed to a long pole, to pull or push a boat, raft, log, etc.
Boat rope —
a rope for fastening a boat; -- usually called a painter.
In the same boat —
in the same situation or predicament.