Part 1236

<hw>Boat"house`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A house for sheltering boats.</def>

<blockquote>Half the latticed <b>boathouse</b> hides. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Boating</h1> <Xpage=161>

<hw>Boat"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or practice of rowing or sailing, esp. as an amusement; carriage in boats.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>In Persia, a punishment of capital offenders, by laying them on the back in a covered boat, where they are left to perish.</def>

<h1>Boation</h1> <Xpage=161>

<hw>Bo*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>boatus</ets>, fr. <ets>boare</ets> to roar.]</ety> <def>A crying out; a roaring; a bellowing; reverberation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The guns were heard . . . about a hundred Italian miles, in long <b>boations</b>. <i>Derham.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Boatman</h1> <Xpage=161>

<hw>Boat"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Boatmen</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A man who manages a boat; a rower of a boat.</def>

<blockquote>As late the <b>boatman</b> hies him home. <i>Percival.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A boat bug. See <er>Boat bug</er>.</def>

<h1>Boatmanship</h1> <Xpage=161>

<hw>Boat"man*ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The art of managing a boat.</def>

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

<hw>Boat"-shaped`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Cymbiform</er>.</def>

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

<hw>Boat" shell`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A marine gastropod of the genus <spn>Crepidula</spn>. The species are numerous. It is so named from its form and interior deck.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A marine univalve shell of the genus <spn>Cymba</spn>.</def>

<h1>Boatsman</h1> <Xpage=161>

<hw>Boats"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A boatman.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<h1>Boatswain</h1> <Xpage=161>

<hw>Boat"swain</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Boat</ets> + <ets>swain</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging, colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a ship, and who also summons the crew, and performs other duties.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The jager gull.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The tropic bird.</def>

<cs><col>Boatswain's mate</col>, <cd>an assistant of the boatswain.</cd></cs>

<i>Totten.</i>

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

<hw>Boat"-tail`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large grackle or blackbird (<spn>Quiscalus major</spn>), found in the Southern United States.</def>

<h1>Boatwoman</h1> <Xpage=161>