Part 1235

<note>&hand; Different kinds of boats have different names; as, <i>canoe</i>, <i>yawl</i>, <i>wherry</i>, <i>pinnace</i>, <i>punt</i>, etc.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive of its use or mode of propulsion; <as>as, pilot <ex>boat</ex>, packet <ex>boat</ex>, passage <ex>boat</ex>, advice <ex>boat</ex>, etc.</as> The term is sometimes applied to steam vessels, even of the largest class; <as>as, the Cunard <ex>boats</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A vehicle, utensil, or dish, somewhat resembling a boat in shape; <as>as, a stone <ex>boat</ex>; a gravy <ex>boat</ex>.</as></def>

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<note>&hand; <i>Boat</i> is much used either adjectively or in combination; as, <i>boat</i> builder or <i>boat</i>builder; <i>boat</i> building or <i>boat</i>building; <i>boat</i> hook or <i>boat</i>hook; <i>boat</i>house; <i>boat</i> keeper or <i>boat</i>keeper; <i>boat</i> load; <i>boat</i> race; <i>boat</i> racing; <i>boat</i> rowing; <i>boat</i> song; <i>boat</i>like; <i>boat</i>-shaped.</note>

<cs><col>Advice boat</col>. <cd>See under <er>Advice</er>.</cd> -- <col>Boat hook</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>an iron hook with a point on the back, fixed to a long pole, to pull or push a boat, raft, log, etc.</cd> <i>Totten</i>. -- <col>Boat rope</col>, <cd>a rope for fastening a boat; -- usually called a <altname>painter</altname>.</cd> -- <col>In the same boat</col>, <cd>in the same situation or predicament.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<i>F. W. Newman.</i> </cs>

<h1>Boat</h1> <Xpage=161>

<hw>Boat</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Boated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Boating</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To transport in a boat; <as>as, to <ex>boat</ex> goods</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To place in a boat; <as>as, to <ex>boat</ex> oars</as>.</def>

<cs><col>To boat the oars</col>. <cd>See under <er>Oar</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Boat</h1> <Xpage=161>

<hw>Boat</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To go or row in a boat.</def>

<blockquote>I <b>boated</b> over, ran my craft aground. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Boatable</h1> <Xpage=161>

<hw>Boat"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Such as can be transported in a boat.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Navigable for boats, or small river craft.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>boatable</b> waters of the Alleghany. <i>J. Morse.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Boatage</h1> <Xpage=161>

<hw>Boat"age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Conveyance by boat; also, a charge for such conveyance.</def>

<h1>Boatbill</h1> <Xpage=161>

<hw>Boat"bill`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A wading bird (<spn>Cancroma cochlearia</spn>) of the tropical parts of South America. Its bill is somewhat like a boat with the keel uppermost.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A perching bird of India, of the genus <spn>Eurylaimus</spm>.</def>

<h1>Boat bug</h1> <Xpage=161>

<hw>Boat" bug`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An aquatic hemipterous insect of the genus <spn>Notonecta</spn>; -- so called from swimming on its back, which gives it the appearance of a little boat. Called also <altname>boat fly</altname>, <altname>boat insect</altname>, <altname>boatman</altname>, and <altname>water boatman</altname>.</def>

<h1>Boatful</h1> <Xpage=161>

<hw>Boat"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Boatfuls</plw>.</plu> <def>The quantity or amount that fills a boat.</def>

<h1>Boathouse</h1> <Xpage=161>