to barge it: to journey by barge. Obsolete.

To travel in a boat; to sail, row, etc. Usually with adverbial phrase specifying destination or purpose. intransitive.

intransitive. To travel by canoe; to paddle a canoe. Also transitive in to canoe it.

intransitive. To sail or row in a shallop.

intransitive. To travel on a raft, go by raft. Frequently with adverb or adverbial phrase.

intransitive. To cross over a river by means of a scow.

To move or travel by the agency of steam. of a ship or its passengers. Also to steam it. Also with adverbs, as away.

intransitive. To make a trip in a yacht. (Chiefly in gerund or present participle.)

intransitive. To travel in a boat or other vessel driven by a propeller or propellers. With along, up. Also transitive in to screw its way: (of a…

to travel by steamboat.

intransitive. To travel in a gondola. Also transitive, to propel (a gondola).

intransitive. To travel by kayak; to paddle a kayak.

spec. To make excursions in, or to manage, a sailing-boat: to practise the sport of yachting.

intransitive. To make a voyage on a tramp steamer; also transitive to run (a tramp steamer). colloquial.

intransitive. To drive or travel in a motor boat.

intransitive. To travel by barge.

Of a hovercraft: to be supported on its air-cushion, esp. while stationary; also transferred, to travel in a hovercraft.

intransitive. Of a boat: to travel using an engine, esp. as an alternative or supplement to sail.

intransitive. Chiefly with adverb or prepositional phrase. To travel in a motor boat; to use the engine in a sailing boat.

intransitive. To ride on a jet ski.