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A licensed lighter employed in the transportation of goods to and from vessels. [China] S. W. Williams.

A small boat, esp. one used on rivers or near the shore.

A vessel for conveying passengers, merchandise, etc., across streams and other narrow waters.

A boat with a flat bottom and square ends; -- used for the transportation of bulky freight, especially in shallow waters.

g vessel. Captain George Weymouth made a voyage of discovery to the northwest with two flyboats. Purchas.

A compact form of hydro-aëroplane having one central body, or hull.

A vessel of light draught, carrying one or more guns.

A vessel whose deck consists almost wholly of movable hatches; -- used mostly in the fisheries.

A boat of medium size belonging to a ship.

A strong, buoyant boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people.

Light-ship.

Formerly, the largest boat carried by a merchant vessel, corresponding to the launch of a naval vessel.

A flat-bottomed boat with a pointed prow and square stern, using oars or sails or both, used esp. on the upper Great Lakes and their tributaries.

. A kind of boat used on the coast of Madras, India. The planks are sewed together with strands of coir which cross over a wadding of the same material, so that the shock on taking the beach through surf is much reduced. [Written also masula, masulah, etc.]

See Masoola boat.

Same as Masoola boat.

A kind of sauce boat or dish.

Repetition of a bellow. [R.] Bp. Patrick.

A boat designed to be propelled by oars instead of sails.

A boat propelled by a sail or sails.