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pod shell of the genus Scaphites, belonging to the Ammonite family and having a chambered boat-shaped shell. Scaphites are found in the Cretaceous formation.

eformed condition of the skull, in which the vault is narrow, clongated, and more or less boat-shaped.

Resembling a boat in form; boat-shaped. -- n.

large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats.

A swift sailing boat. [Obs.] So we took a scout, very much pleased with the manner and conversation of the passengers. Pepys.

A large flat-bottomed boat, having broad, square ends.

aration; determined by circumstances; haphazard; as, a scratch team; a scratch crew for a boat race; a scratch shot in billiards. [Slang] Scratch race, one without restrictions regarding the entrance of competitors; also, one for which the competitors are chosen by lot.

A boat; a cockboat. See Sculler.

A boat rowed by one man with two sculls, or short oars. [R.] Dryden.

he water, and when its ends are brought together or drawn ashore incloses the fish. Seine boat, a boat specially constructed to carry and pay out a seine.

The boatswain of a Lascar or East Ondian crew.

setter. See Setter, n., 2. -- Setting pole, a pole, often iron-pointed, used for pushing boats along in shallow water. -- Setting rule. (Print.) A composing rule.

A boat. [She] thrust the shallop from the floating strand. Spenser.

A long, sharp, flat-bottomed boat, with one or two masts carrying a triangular sail. They are often called Fair Haven sharpies, after the place on the coast of Connecticut where they originated. [Local, U.S.]

The space in the forward or the after part of a boat where there are no rowers; as, fore sheets; stern sheets.

A light boat the frame of which is covered with thin wood or with paper; as, a racing shell. Message shell, a bombshell inside of which papers may be put, in order to convey messages. -- Shell bit, a tool shaped like a gouge, used with a brace in boring wood. See Bit, n., 3. -- Shell button. (a) A button made of shel…

f a military uniform. -- Shoulder-of-mutton sail (Naut.), a triangular sail carried on a boat's mast; -- so called from its shape. -- Shoulder slip, dislocation of the shoulder, or of the humerous. Swift. -- Shoulder strap, a strap worn on or over the shoulder. Specifically (Mil. & Naval), a narrow strap worn on the…

to push (a body) so as to make it move along the surface of another body; as, to shove a boat on the water; to shove a table across the floor.

or respiration of air, as when fatigued or grieved; the act of sighing. I could drive the boat with my sighs. Shak.

An additional piece fastened to the keel of a boat to prevent lateral motion. See Skeg.