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A boat or vessel adapted to the open sea; hence, a vessel considered with reference to her power of resisting a storm, or maintaining herself in a heavy sea; as, a good sea boat.

A boat sent to make discoveries and bring intelligence. Arbuthnot.

A boat or vessel propelled by steam power; -- generally used of river or coasting craft, as distinguished from ocean steamers.

The occupation or business of running a steamboat, or of transporting merchandise, passengers, etc., by steamboats.

A boat intended for use in heavy surf. It is built with a pronounced sheer, and with a view to resist the shock of waves and of contact with the beach.

A larger, swifter, and more powerful armed type of torpedo boat, originally intended principally for the destruction of torpedo boats, but later used also as a more formidable torpedo boat.

A vessel constructed for being towed, as a canal boat.

A boat used in fishing with trawls or trawlnets.

See Tug, n., 3.

The English name for a catboat; -- so called because Una was the name of the first boat of this kind taken to England. D. Kemp.

A boat bug.

A long, narrow boat, sharp at both ends, used by whalemen.

On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car.

over the side of a ship at the gangway, useful in ascending from, or descending to, small boats.

Counseling to perform a specific illegal act. Wharton. Advice boat, a vessel employed to carry dispatches or to reconnoiter; a dispatch boat. -- To take advice. (a) To accept advice. (b) To consult with another or others.

Advice; counsel; suggestion; also, a dispatch or advice boat. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

A form of hydro-aëroplane; a flying boat.

A boat used at Calicut, in India, about eighty feet long, and six or seven broad.

Along or by the side; side by side with; -- often with of; as, bring the boat alongside; alongside of him; alongside of the tree.

An elephant goad with a sharp spike and hook, resembling a short-handled boat hook. [India] Kipling.