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| airboat | a shallow-draft boat drive by an aircraft propeller. |
| argosy | a large merchant ship; a rich supply. [From Ragusa, near Dubrovnik]. |
| armada | a fleet of warships. |
| aviso | a boat bringing news, a dispatch-boat. Pl. AVISOS. |
| baidarka bidarka bidarkee | an Alaskan Inuit kayak. |
| balsa | a raft or float, used principally on the Pacific coast of South America. [Sp. balsa, raft]. |
| banker | a fishing vessel used off Newfoundland. |
| barca | a boat, barge. |
| bareboat | a pleasure-boat rented without personnel. |
| barge | a vessel, usually flat-bottomed and with or without its own power, used for transporting freight, esp. on canals; (verb) to transport by barge. |
| bark barque | a three-masted vessel whose mizzen-mast is fore-and-aft-rigged. |
| barkentine barquentine barquantine+ | a type of three-masted vessel. |
| barquette | a small barque. |
| bateau batteau | a boat; esp. a flat-bottomed, clumsy boat used on the Canadian lakes and rivers. Pl. BATEAUX, BATTEAUX. |
| battleship | a heavily armoured warship of the largest type having many large-calibre guns. |
| bawley | in Essex and Kent, a small fishing-smack. |
| bilander bylander | a two-masted cargo vessel used in Holland. |
| billyboy | a flat-bottomed river barge or coasting vessel. |
| bireme | a rowed ship or galley with two banks of oars. |
| birlinn | a barge in the Western Isles. |
| boatlift+ | to evacuate by boat: BOATLIFTS, BOATLIFTING, BOATLIFTED. |
| brig | a two-masted, square-rigged vessel. |
| brigantine | two-masted ship. |
| bucentaur+ | a state barge of Venice from which the Doge dropped a ring into the sea. |
| budgero budgerow | a large and commodious, but generally cumbrous and sluggish boat, used for journeys on the Ganges. |
| bugeye | a small boat. |
| bumboat | a small boat used in harbours to carry provisions. |
| caique | a light skiff used on the Bosphorus. |
| canalboat+ | a boat used on canals. |
| canaller | a freight boat used on canals. |
| canoe | a light narrow open boat, propelled by one or more paddles; (verb) to travel by canoe. |
| canoer+ | one who travels by CANOE. |
| carack carrack carrect carract | a large ship of burden. |
| caravel carvel caravelle+ | a small light fast ship, chiefly Spanish or Portuguese, of the 15th to the 17th cents. |
| casco | a Philippine cargo barge. Pl. CASCOS. |
| catamaran | originally a raft of logs lashed together; now a boat, especially a sailing boat with two hulls. [Tamil kattu-maram, tied wood]. |
| catboat | a small sailboat, with a single mast placed as far forward as possible, carring a sail extended by a gaff and long boom. |
| catrigged+ | rigged like a CATBOAT. |
| clipper | a kind of sailing ship, sep. as used for the transport of tea. |
| coaler | a ship that carries coal. |
| coaster | a vessel that plies its trade along the coast. |
| coble | a short, flat-bottomed boat for use on rivers and estuaries. [Welsh ceubal, a hollow trunk]. |
| cockboat cockleboat+ | a small boat, esp. one used on rivers or near the shore. |
| cockleshell | a small, light boat. |
| collier | a boat for the transport of coal. |
| coper | a ship for supplying alcoholic liquor clandestinely to deep-sea fishermen; (verb) to supply in such a way. |
| coracle | a small boat made of wickerwork covered with watertight material. [Welsh corwg(l), cwrwgl coracle]. |
| corocore corocoro | a kind of boat of various forms, used in the Indian Archipelago. |
| corvet corvette | a highly manoeuvrable armed escort ship. CORVET is also a verb: to frisk about, curvet. |
| cott | a small boat. |
| crare crayer | a trading vessel. |
| cruiser | a high-speed warship less heavily armed than a battleship. |
| curagh curragh currach | a long-shaped boat similar to a coracle. [Irish curach]. |
| cutter | a powerful motor-launch (as used by coastguard and navy). |
| dahabeah dahabeeah dahabiah dahabiya dahabiyah dahabieh dahabiyeh | a Nile sailing boat. |
| deepwaterman | a seagoing ship. |
| destroyer | a small fast lightly armoured but heavily armed warship. |
| dhow | a lateen-rigged oriental craft. |
| dingey dinghy dingy | a small open boat, prepared by oars, sails or an outboard motor. |
| dogger | a two-masted fishing vessel, used by the Dutch. |
| dory | a kind of flat-bottomed rowing-boat. |
| dracone | a towed flexible container for transporting liquids by water. |
| dragger | a fishing vessel that drags the bottom. |
| dreadnaught dreadnought | a large battleship. |
| dredger | a boat or machine used for dredging. |
| drifter | a fishing-boat that uses a drift-net. |
| drillship | a free-floating ship-shaped drilling platform. |
| droger drogher | a W. Indian coasting vessel, with long masts and lateen sails. |
| dromon dromond | a swift medieval ship of war. |
| dugout | a canoe made by hollowing out a log. |
| faltboat foldboat | a collapsible boat of rubberized sailcloth. |
| felucca | a small, swift-sailing vessel, propelled by oars and lateen sails, once common in the Mediterranean. |
| ferryboat | a boat used on a ferry. |
| fireboat | a boat used for fire-fighting. |
| firefloat | a boat or raft used in harbours for extinguishing fires. |
| fireship | a burning ship sent among enemy ships. |
| fishyback | transportation of freight containers and trailers by ship or barge. |
| flagship | the principal ship of a fleet. |
| flatboat | a large flat-bottomed boat for transporting goods on a river, canal, etc. |
| flota | a commercial fleet. |
| flotilla | a fleet (of small ships). |
| fluyt | a small 17th century merchant ship. |
| flyboat | a large Dutch coasting vessel. |
| foyboat+ | on Tyneside, a small rowing boat. |
| freighter | a ship for transporting freight. |
| frigate | a class of war vessels intermediate between corvettes and ships of the line. |
| frigatoon | a small Venetian vessel with a square stern and two masts. |
| frigot | a frigate. |
| fruiter | a ship for carrying fruit. |
| funny | a light racing-boat with a pair of sculls. |
| gabbard gabbart | a kind of barge. |
| galiot galliot | a small galley, formerly used in the Mediterranean. |
| galleass galliass | a large galley, having some features of the galleon, as broadside guns. |
| galleon | a sailing vessel of the 15th and following centuries, often having three or four decks, and used for war or commerce. |
| galley | a long, low-built ship with one deck, propelled by oars and sails. |
| gallivat | a large two-masted Malay boat. |
| garvey | a small SCOW. |
| gig | a long light rowing boat, esp. one used for racing. |
| gondelay | a gondola. |
| gondola | a long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, used in the canals of Venice. |
| gunboat | a vessel of light draught, carrying one or more guns. |
| houseboat | a boat moored and used as a permanent residence. |
| hoveller | a small coasting-vessel. |
| hovercraft | a vehicle that is able to travel across both land and water on a cushion of air. The cushion is produced by a fan continuously forcing air under the vehicle. |
| howker | a two-masted Dutch or Irish fishing-vessel. |
| hoy | a small fishing vessel; (verb) to incite, drive on. |
| hydrofoil | a boat fitted with hydrofoils to lift its hull clear of the water at speed. |
| hydroplane | a light, flat-bottomed motor-boat; (verb) to travel by HYDROPLANE. |
| hydrovane | a HYDROFOIL. |
| iceboat icebreaker | a boat adapted to travelling through ice. |
| ironclad | an iron ship. |
| johnboat | a narrow square-ended boat. |
| jollyboat | a small boat kept hoisted at ship's stern. |
| junk | an Oriental sailing craft. |
| kaiak kayak kyak | an Inuit boat; (verb) to travel by kaiak. |
| keelboat | a type of yacht with a heavy external keel to offset the weight of the sails. |
| ketch | a small two-masted sailing vessel; (verb, obs.) to catch. |
| klondiker klondyker | a factory-ship. |
| koff | a small Dutch sailing vessel. |
| lapstrake lapstreak | a clinker-built boat. |
| lateener | a lateen-rigged vessel. |
| launch | a motor driven boat used chiefly as a transport boat; the largest of the boats of a man-of-war. |
| lifeboat | a boat used in rescues at sea. |
| lighter | a large open boat used in loading and unloading ships. |
| lightship | a ship intended to function as a lighthouse. |
| liner | a passenger ship, esp. one that is part of a commercial fleet. |
| longboat longship | a Viking ship. |
| lorcha | a light vessel of European build, like a Chinese junk. |
| lugger | a small 2- or-3-masted fishing boat with lugsails and jibs on bowsprit. |
| lymphad | a Highland galley. [Gaelic longfhada]. |
| mackinaw | a flat-bottomed lake boat. |
| masoolah massoola masula | a tall, many-oared Indian surf-boat. |
| merchantman | a trading ship. Pl. MERCHANTMEN. |
| minehunter+ | a ship used to hunt for mines by electronic means. |
| minelayer | a ship used to lay mines. |
| minesweeper | a ship used to clear mines. |
| mistico | a kind of small sailing vessel used in the Mediterranean, rigged partly like a XEBEC, and partly like a FELUCCA. Pl. MISTICOS. |
| mokihi+ | a Maori raft. No -S. |
| mokoro+ | the traditional dugout canoe of the people of the Okavango Delta. |
| monohull | a vessel with one hull, as compared with a catamaran or trimaran. |
| monoxylon | a canoe made from one log. |
| montaria | in Brazil, a light canoe made of one log. |
| motorboat | a boat with an inboard or outboard motor. |
| motorship+ | a ship with a motor. |
| motoscafo | a motorboat. Pl. MOTOSCAFI. |
| mudscow | a flat mud-boat. |
| multihull | a boat having more than one hull, e.g. a CATAMARAN. Cf. MONOHULL. |
| nuggar | a large boat used to carry cargo on the Nile. |
| obo | a vessel for carrying oil or bulk ore. Pl. OBOS. |
| oomiac oomiack oomiak umiac umiack umiakumia | an Inuit canoe. |
| paddleboat | a paddle steamer. |
| patamar pattamar | a vessel resembling a grab, used in the coasting trade of Bombay and Ceylon. |
| pedalo | a small pedal-propelled boat. Pl. PEDALOS or PEDALOES. |
| periagua piroque piragua pirogue | a dugout canoe. |
| picaroon pickaroon | a pirate ship; PICAROON can also be used as a verb, to act as a pirate. |
| picketboat | a craft used (as by the coastguard) for harbour patrol. |
| pigboat | a submarine. |
| pink pinkey pinkie | a ship with a narrow overhanging stern. |
| pinnace | a small vessel with oars and sails. |
| polacca polacre | a vessel with two or three masts, used in the Mediterranean. |
| pont | in S. Africa, a small ferryboat guided across a narrow stretch of water by a rope or cable. |
| powerboat | a boat propelled by an inboard or outboard motor. |
| praam pram | a flat-bottomed boat or lighter, used in Holland and the Baltic, and sometimes armed in case of war. |
| prahu prau proa prao | a Malay sailing boat. |
| pucan+ | a traditional Connemara open sailing boat. |
| pulwar | a light keelless boat used on the Ganges. |
| punt | a flat-bottomed boat for use in shallow water, propelled by a pole; (verb) to travel by punt. |
| puteli | a flat-bottomed boat used on the Ganges. |
| quadrireme | an ancient ship with four banks of oars. |
| quinquereme | an ancient ship with five banks of oars. |
| raft | a buoyant platform of logs, planks, etc., used as a vessel or moored platform; (verb) to convey by raft. |
| randan | a boat rowed by 3 people, the second with two oars. |
| razee | a warship or other vessel reduced in height by the removal of the upper deck or decks; (verb) to create such a ship by such a removal. |
| riverboat | a craft suitable for use on a river. |
| rivercraft | a craft suitable for use on a river. |
| rowboat | a rowing boat. |
| saic saick saique | a Levantine vessel like a ketch. |
| sailboard | a small, flat, light-hulled sailing craft. |
| sailboat | a boat propelled by sail. |
| saltie | a deep-sea vessel sailing the Great Lakes. |
| sampan sanpan | a flat-bottomed Chinese skiff usually propelled by two short oars. |
| schooner | a sharp-built, swift-sailing vessel, generally two-masted, fore-and-aft rigged, or with top and topgallant sails on the foremast. |
| schuit schuyt | a Dutch flat-bottomed boat, used along canals and round the coast. |
| scow | a large flat-bottomed boat, having broad, square ends; (verb) to transport by this. |
| sealift+ | to transport by ship. |
| seatrain | a ship equipped to carry railway cars. |
| shallop | a light river boat with sail and oars. |
| sharpie sharpy | a flat-bottomed, two-masted vessel. |
| showboat | a river steamer on which theatrical performances are given; (verb) to give such a performance. |
| shrimper | a boat for catching shrimps. |
| sidewheel+ | one of the paddle wheels of a SIDEWHEELER. |
| sidewheeler+ | a vessel, esp. a river boat, propelled by two large paddle wheels, one on each side. |
| skiff | any of various small boats; (verb) to skim. |
| skiffless+ | without a SKIFF. |
| sloop | a single-masted sailing vessel, rigged fore-and-aft, with the mast stepped about one third of the overall length aft of the bow. |
| smack | a small fishing vessel. |
| sonder | a class of small yachts. |
| speedboat | a high-speed motorboat having either an inboard or outboard motor. |
| steamboat steamship | a boat propelled by steam. |
| steamer | a steamboat; (verb) to travel by steamship. |
| storeship | a vessel used to carry naval stores for a fleet, garrison, or the like. |
| subchaser | a small manoeuvrable craft used in antisubmarine warfare. |
| submarine | a boat that travels below the water; (verb) to travel by submarine. |
| superliner | a very large ocean liner. |
| supertanker | a very large tanker. |
| surfboat | a boat for use in surf. |
| tanker | a large boat used for transporting oil. |
| tankship | a tanker. |
| tartan tartane | a small, single-masted Mediterranean ship with a lateen sail. |
| tartan tartane | a small, single-masted Mediterranean ship with a lateen sail. |
| tinny tinnie | an Australian fishing or pleasure boat with an aluminum hull. |
| tranect | a ferry. |
| trawler | a vessel used for trawling. |
| trekschuit | a towed canal-boat. |
| triaconter | a vessel with thirty banks of oars, or, as some say, thirty ranks of rowers. |
| trimaran | a sailing boat with three hulls. |
| trireme | an ancient galley having three banks of oars. [L. triremis, from remus, an oar]. |
| troopship | a ship for carrying troops. |
| tug tugboat | a boat used to tow larger boats. |
| vaporetto | a motor-boat serving as a canal bus in Venice. Pl. VAPORETTOS. |
| wafter | an armed vessel employed as a convoy. |
| waistboat | a boat carried in the waist of a vessel. |
| warship | a ship used in war. |
| waterbus+ | a boat offering regular transport service: WATERBUSES. |
| watercraft | a boat; boats collectively. |
| whaleboat | a boat used for catching whales. |
| whaler | a ship used for whaling. |
| wherry | a light shallow boat; a barge; (verb) to transport in such a boat. |
| windjammer | a large merchant sailing ship. |
| windship | a sailing ship. |
| woodskin | an American Indian canoe made of bark. |
| workboat | a boat used for work e.g. fishing. |
| xebec zebec zebeck | a small, three-masted Mediterranean vessel with both square and triangular sails. |
| yacht | a vessel propelled by sail or power, used esp. for pleasure cruising, racing, etc; (verb) to sail or cruise in a yacht. |
| yawl | a two-masted sailing vessel, rigged fore-and-aft, with a large mainmast and a small mizzenmast stepped aft of the rudderpost; (verb) to howl. |
| zabra | a small vessel used off the Spanish coast. |
| zulu | a type of two-masted fishing vessel formerly used in Scotland. |