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4 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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