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A large, roomy boat for the conveyance of passengers or goods; as, a ship's barge; a charcoal barge.

A vergeboard.

A part of the tiling which projects beyond the principal rafters, in buildings where there is a gable. Gwilt.

A bargeman. [Eng.]

The man who manages a barge, or one of the crew of a barge.

The proprietor or manager of a barge, or one of the crew of a barge.

The manager of a barge. [Obs.]

See Bumboat. Carlyle.

To put in a barge. [Poetic] Drayton.

To embark; to go or put into a barge. [Obs.] Drayton.

erly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind. Byron.

A flat-bottomed river barge or coasting vessel. [Eng.]

The state barge of Venice, used by the doge in the ceremony of espousing the Adriatic.

. Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way Luke xxiv. 32. The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne, Burned on the water. Shak. Burning with high hope. Byron. The groan still deepens, and the combat burns. Pope. The parching air Burns frore, and cold performs the effect of fire. Milton.…

A floating barge connected with a pier. Knight. To play dummy, to play the exposed or dummy hand in cards. The partner of the dummy plays it.

A bargelike vessel with steel hull, large hatchways, and coal transporters, for coaling war vessels from its own hold or from other colliers.

A chain or tie rod, in a boat or barge, to prevent the vessel from hogging.

A barge or lighter, used on the Type for carrying coal from Newcastle; also, a barge load of coal, twentyone tons, four cwt. [Eng.]

A large boat or barge, mainly, used in unloading or loading vessels which can not reach the wharves at the place of shipment or delivery. Lighter screw (Mach.), a screw for adjusting the distance between the stones in a grinding mill by raising or lowering the bridgetree.

Swiftly; nimbly; with agility. So mikle was that barge, it might not lightly sail. R. of Brunne. Watch what thou seest and lightly bring me word. Tennyson.