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ˈwater-craft
1. Skill in water-matters.
1566Act 8 Eliz. c. 13 §1 To foresee the good Encrease and Mayntenaunce of Shypps and of all kinde of Men traded and browght upp by Water Crafte moost meete for her Majesties Marine Service. 1888Doughty Trav. Arabia Deserta I. 544, I saw Beduins swimming there, and wondered at this watercraft in men of the dry deserts. 1904R. J. Farrer Garden Asia 255 Their tact in water-craft is our sole protection from drowning.
2. A vessel that plies on the water; such vessels collectively.
1618J. Taylor (Water P.) Penniless Pilgr. F 2, All the Shippes, Carackes,..Barkes, and Water-craftes, that are now..in the world. 1868B. J. Lossing The Hudson 203 A broad and beautiful bay, at all times animated with a variety of water-craft. 1916R. Cullum Men who wrought iv, The object lying upon the table..was a ten-foot model of a strange-looking water craft. |