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(nautical) A two-masted trading boat.
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An unseaworthy or slovenly ship.
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Alternative spelling of barge pole [A type of quant pole used to propel a barge through the water]
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(nautical) A vessel, typically with three (or more) masts, with the foremasts (or fore- and mainmasts) square-rigged, and mizzenmast schooner-rigged.
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A small boat, usually made from aluminum or fiberglass and propelled by two motors, designed and equipped primarily for fishing for bass or other panfish.
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(nautical) The space between any two decks of a ship
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A lightweight cover, usually made of fabric stretched on a metal frame which is readily removable, for the cockpit or deck of a speedboat or sailboat.
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(historical) an ancient galley having two banks of oars, one above the other.
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(chemistry) One of two possible conformations of cyclohexane rings (the other being chair), shaped roughly like a boat.
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Alternative spelling of boathook [A hook attached to a pole used for pulling or pushing boats, rafts, logs or other objects to or from the side of a boat.]
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A hook attached to a pole used for pulling or pushing boats, rafts, logs or other objects to or from the side of a boat.
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(nautical) A barge rigged as a ketch
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(nautical) A ship that sails around Cape Horn
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(obsolete, nautical) A form of gallery or bridge, pivoted in the middle, fitted to ancient ships as a means of boarding an enemy vessel.
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(nautical, historical) Synonym of caravel (“a light, usually lateen-rigged sailing ship”)
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(nautical) A flat-bottomed, square-ended boat once used in the Philippines as a lighter to ferry goods between ship and shore
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Alternative form of cavalletto [(plural "cavallettos") A specialized gantry crane for loading and unloading cargo ships that attaches to and moves along guides on the ship's hatchway.]
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(obsolete, nautical) A 19th century vessel used to fish for cod using codlines
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(nautical) A small circular or oblong boat made of wickerwork and made watertight with hides or pitch, propelled and steered with a single paddle and light enough to be carried on a person's back.
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(nautical) A single-masted, fore-and-aft rigged, sailing vessel with at least two headsails, and a mast set further aft than that of a sloop.
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(nautical) A Dutch sailing barge having a mast that can be lowered for passing under a bridge
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(Britain, nautical) A yawl, or a small after-sail on a yawl.
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(nautical) A permanent fender designed to protect a heavy boat or coastal structure from the impact of large floating objects such as ice or floating logs.
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(nautical) A small flat-bottomed boat with pointed or somewhat pointed ends, used for fishing both offshore and on rivers.
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(nautical) A boat used in dredging
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Alternative form of gabbart [(nautical) A lighter or barge; a small one-masted sailing or coasting vessel designed for inland navigation.]
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(nautical) A lighter or barge; a small one-masted sailing or coasting vessel designed for inland navigation.
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A large, three masted, square rigged sailing ship with at least two decks.
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(nautical) One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.
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(printing, obsolete) A sliding false bottom to a large galley.
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(nautical) A light galley.
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One who draws a barge alongside a river using a rope.
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(historical, nautical) A galley with six banks of oars.
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Alternative form of kappal (“ship”) [(historical) A ship, especially a square-rigged vessel with top and top-gallant masts.]
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(historical) A ship, especially a square-rigged vessel with top and top-gallant masts.
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(nautical) A type of flat-bottomed boat.
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Descriptive of or resembling a boat, or a section of a boat, so constructed.
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Alternative form of lapstrake [(uncountable) A style of boatbuilding using overlapping planks.]
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(nautical) A simple type of dinghy
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(nautical) A small painter for use in fine weather only.
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(heraldry) A single-masted ship propelled by oars, usually indicating a Scottish title associated with islands.
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(archaic) A kind of rudderless boat used on the Amazon.
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(nautical) A barge rigged with a spritsail main, and a large gaff rigged mizzen afore the steering wheel
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(Scotland) A boat-shaped hollow, sometimes with walls, where a boat is hauled up for winter storage.
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(nautical) A small boat; a boat considered small in comparison to the seas.
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Alternative form of oar blade [The flanged portion of an oar; not the handle nor the shaft.]
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(nautical) A long thin timber, pontoon, or other float attached parallel to a canoe or boat by projecting struts as a means of preventing tipping or capsizing.
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The contents of such a vessel.
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(of a boat) To capsize end over end, as in heavy surf.
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A box used to raise a sunken vessel.
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Alternative form of poy (“pole for barges”) [A support structure.]
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(obsolete) A kind of large war galley.
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(slang) rigid inflatable boat
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(geometry) A catenary-generated curve in the form of a cross-section of a sail filled by wind.
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A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships.
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A vessel with a very long, sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails, used in the Mediterranean.
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(nautical) Alternative form of xebec [A small two-masted, and later three-masted, Mediterranean transport ship with an overhanging bow and stern.]
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(nautical) A light boat whose frame is covered with thin wood, impermeable fabric, or water-proofed paper; a racing shell or dragon boat.
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(obsolete) A small boat; a skiff.
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A type of riverboat that has a crane or hoist mounted on the deck to help clear away obstacles in the river.
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A ketch built by Jack London named after Lewis Carroll's poem The Hunting of the Snark
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A large loose-fitted gaffsail on a square-rigger or barque, used from the nineteenth century onwards.
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(nautical) A barge rigged with a spritsail
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(nautical) A barge used to transport hay or straw on its deck
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A steering oar use by Tyne keelmen.
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(nautical) A kind of sail, a spanker.
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Alternative form of thowel [A tholepin in a boat.]
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(nautical, slang) A destroyer.
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(historical) A lightly armored river steamer used in the US Civil War.
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(historical, nautical, archaic) A galley with three banks of oars, one above the other, used mainly as a warship.
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(historical) A whaleback steamer with a hatch coaming, usually about seven feet high, extending almost continuously fore and aft.
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(countable) A light ship used to navigate inland waterways.
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(nautical) A sailing ship; especially a large, iron-hulled, square-rigged ship with three or more masts.
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(nautical) Alternative form of xebec [A small two-masted, and later three-masted, Mediterranean transport ship with an overhanging bow and stern.]
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(nautical) A Scottish rowing boat that could also use a sail
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(nautical) A Chinese scull (oar)
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Alternative spelling of xebec. [A small two-masted, and later three-masted, Mediterranean transport ship with an overhanging bow and stern.]
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