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A sailing regatta between two yachts, usually held every three or four years.
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A refugee who travels from Cuba to America by sea.
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(dated, UK, nautical, idiomatic) In British naval tradition, a day of the week when galley kitchens served no meat on board ship.
n
A freight vessel used in the Mediterranean.
v
To intrude or break through, particularly in an unwelcome or clumsy manner.
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Alternative spelling of bargemaster [The person in charge of transport on a barge or barges.]
n
A crewman of a working barge.
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A barge owner, maintainer, or captain of a barge.
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The person in charge of transport on a barge or barges.
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(obsolete) The manager of a barge.
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Alternative form of bosun
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(Christianity) A male boat bearer.
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(historical) Refugees fleeing by sea, particularly those fleeing from South Vietnam during the 1970s and '80s.
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A member of any of the ethnic or refugee groups known as "boat people".
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(nautical) Someone who travels by boat.
n
A horse that tows a boat or barge.
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A boater (someone who travels by boat)
n
A person in charge of a boat.
adv
In the manner of a boat.
n
A man who pilots a bumboat.
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Alternative spelling of cabin cruiser [(nautical) A motorboat which has enclosed living quarters, especially a privately owned pleasure craft.]
n
(US) an informal organisation of boat owners who assist in flooded areas of Louisiana and Texas
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Alternative form of caboose [(obsolete, nautical) A small galley or cookhouse on the deck of a small vessel.]
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One who travels by canoe.
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(nautical, historical) A 16th-century Portuguese armed merchant ship.
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A light vessel or proa used by the people of Borneo, etc., and by the Dutch in the East Indies.
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(nautical, historical) A light, usually lateen-rigged sailing ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish for about 300 years from the 15th century, first for trade and later for voyages of exploration.
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Someone who sails in a catboat
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(nautical) A fishing boat that fishes for cod; a fisherman on such a boat
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A sailboat owner who helms his or her own boat in competitive racing.
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A coxswain of a boat, especially of a racing crew.
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(rowing, especially in plural) A race in which such craft participate
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(rowing) The member of a crew who steers the shell and coordinates the power and rhythm of the rowers.
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(nautical) A two- or three-masted sailing vessel formerly used for transporting cargo in the Baltic Sea.
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Alternative spelling of currach [(nautical) An Irish boat, constructed like a coracle, and originally the same shape; now a boat of similar construction but conventional shape and large enough to be operated by up to eight oars.]
n
A small sailboat, larger than a dinghy, with or without sleeping accommodations.
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Alternative form of drogher [A West Indian coasting vessel, with long masts and lateen sails.]
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Alternative form of drogher [A West Indian coasting vessel, with long masts and lateen sails.]
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A West Indian coasting vessel, with long masts and lateen sails.
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(historical, nautical) A Byzantine bireme, similar to the chelandion, but used primarily for naval combat.
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(rowing) A member of a team of eight rowers who propel the same boat.
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Someone who pilots, or travels by, ferryboat
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(historical) A kind of Dutch sailing vessel developed in the 16th century, used to transport cargo.
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A ship similar to the Flying Dutchman; a ghost ship.
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(rare) A caravel or other (Spanish) ship.
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(nautical) Alternative form of galliot [(nautical) A light galley.]
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(historical, nautical) A slave who rows in a galley (type of ship).
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A boatperson who propels a gondola, especially in Venice.
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Someone who gongoozles (who watches boats go by, or stands by and watches things without participating).
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Someone who pilots a gunboat.
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A man who tows a canal boat with a rope.
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One who lives in a houseboat.
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(nautical) A type of two-masted Dutch sailing vessel, weighing between 60 and 200 tons burthen.
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Someone who travels by johnboat
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(nautical) A Chinese sailing vessel.
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(US, dialect, obsolete) A worker, especially one having a crude or rowdy manner, on a boat that transported commercial goods on the Mississippi River.
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Someone who travels by keelboat.
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(nautical) One who works on a barge or keel.
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a water sprite (or nix) who assists sailors and fishermen on the Baltic Sea in their duties
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A ship involved in klondyking.
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(nautical, Canada, US) A ship used on the Great Lakes.
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(historical) A kind of sailing ship used in Maritime Southeast Asia, propelled by oars and sails with two quarter rudders, one on either side of the stern.
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(obsolete) Chinese boat captain.
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(Britain, obsolete) A man employed by the owners of a canal to push boats through narrow canal tunnels. The legger would lie on his back on a piece of wood on the boat with his feet reaching to the tunnel wall, and walk it along. This could be done by the boat's crew, but the canals employed men specifically for the task because they could do it faster and prevent a tunnel becoming a bottleneck for traffic.
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(US) A person who lives on a boat.
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Someone who travels by longboat
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A historical ship that transported the Pilgrims to America in the year 1620.
v
Alternative form of Boaty McBoatface [(neologism) To hijack or troll a vote, especially one held online, by supporting a joke option.]
n
A ship capable of laying mines.
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(slang, nautical) The vessel in which a mess receives its full allowance of grog.
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(nautical) A galley with a single row of oars on each side
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The man who operates a motorboat.
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Someone who pilots a narrowboat.
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Alternative form of oarsman [A person who rows a boat, either alone or with others.]
n
(nautical) An oil tanker.
n
Government-commissioned mail ship.
n
(rowing) A boat for two sweep rowers.
n
Alternative form of patamar [(nautical) A sailing vessel resembling a grab, formerly used in the coasting trade of Bombay and Ceylon.]
n
(nautical, obsolete or historical) A 17th-century three-masted merchant ship.
n
One who tests the depth of the water using a pole, while aboard a vessel.
n
(sailing slang) A sailor who has not yet crossed the equator.
n
Alternative form of pontooner [One who constructs a pontoon.]
n
Alternative form of pontooner [One who constructs a pontoon.]
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Alternative form of pontooner [One who constructs a pontoon.]
n
One who constructs a pontoon.
n
Alternative form of pram (“flat-bottomed boat”) [(UK, Australia, New Zealand) A small vehicle, usually covered, in which a newborn baby is pushed around in a lying position.]
n
A Clyde puffer, a kind of small ship.
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Alternative form of ramberge [(obsolete) A kind of large war galley.]
n
(chiefly US) A recreational or commercial boat used for regular operation on a riverway.
n
Someone who pilots a riverboat
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(nautical) Someone who rows in a rowboat.
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A boat used for smuggling illicit alcoholic drinks.
n
Obsolete form of saic. [A kind of ketch heavily used in the Black Sea, Tisa, Danube and Sava]
n
One who sails a sailboat.
n
Alternative form of skaldship [(historical) The skill of writing Nordic poetry of the Viking Age.]
n
Alternative spelling of sea shanty [(dated, nautical, music) A work song that sailors sang in rhythm to their movement.]
n
(Scouting) A member of the Scouting movement with a particular emphasis on boating and water-based activities.
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(historical or India) A lascar helmsman.
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Alternative form of shebander [The master of a harbour or port in the East Indies.]
n
Alternative form of slave ship [(historical) A ship designed for the transportation of slaves, especially during the 17th and 18th century.]
n
A man who operates a speedboat.
n
(nautical, historical) A small, usually single-masted, sailing boat, used especially for transport between Sicily and Malta, remaining in use along the coast of Sicily until the mid-20th century.
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Obsolete form of pinnace. [(nautical) A light boat, traditionally propelled by sails, but sometimes a rowboat. Pinnaces are usually messenger boats, carrying messages among the larger ships of a fleet.]
n
Alternative spelling of steamship [A ship or vessel propelled by steam power.]
n
(rowing) The stroke; the rower closest to the stern of the boat.
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The member of a rowing team who rows the aftermost oar, and whose stroke is to be followed by the rest.
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A very large luxury yacht.
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(usually used attributively) A smear campaign based on specious claims.
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(nautical) A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore.
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(nautical) Someone who pilots a towboat or generally works on towboats in the entercoastal waterways of the U.S.
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A gondola that ferries people across the Grand Canal in Venice.
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(historical) A kind of boat used in the Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
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Someone who pilots a tugboat
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(historical, nautical) A marine vessel of unique structure, used in Scandinavia from the Viking Age through the Middle Ages, and generally slender and flexible boats, with symmetrical ends with true keel.
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Alternative form of wangan [(US, Maine, lumber trade) A boat for conveying provisions, tools, and so forth.]
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Any of various aquatic insects of the family Corixidae that have paddle-shaped hind legs used for swimming.
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(slang) A person fond of water sports.
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Alternative form of water boatman [Any of various aquatic insects of the family Corixidae that have paddle-shaped hind legs used for swimming.]
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A small liveaboard boat, suitable for short-term accommodation but not a permanent residence.
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Someone who travels by whaleboat
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A boat used for purposes other than recreation, passenger transport, or combat.
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Any vessel used for private, noncommercial purposes.
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A person who sails in yachts.
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Alternative spelling of yachty [(informal) A yachtsman or yachtswoman.]
n
(informal) People who spend time on yachts.
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The skill or art of sailing a yacht.
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(informal) A yachtsman or yachtswoman.
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Obsolete spelling of yacht [A slick and light ship for making pleasure trips or racing on water, having sails but often motor-powered. At times used as a residence offshore on a dock.]
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Obsolete spelling of yacht [A slick and light ship for making pleasure trips or racing on water, having sails but often motor-powered. At times used as a residence offshore on a dock.]
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(historical) A rower of the middle tier in a trireme.
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