† jolywatn.

Forms: Also Middle English iolywet, 1500s–1600s gellywatte.

Etymology: Of obscure origin and uncertain form, the earlier instances having joly-, the later gelly-.Conjectured by some to be a corruption of Spanish galeota , Portuguese galeota , French galiote , Dutch galjoot (galliot n.¹). But this is extremely doubtful. It is difficult to comprehend how galeota could be transformed into jolywat ; and the things differ even more than their names, for the galliot was an independent vessel with sails and many rowers, while the jolywat was a ship's boat of small size. It is true that the Portuguese galeota appears to have become galleywat or gallivat n., in the East Indies, but this, like the original, was a vessel of 60 or 70 tons with sails and 40 or 50 rowers, carrying sometimes 8 guns—a very different thing from the jolywat , to say nothing of the impossibility of any connection between an Indo-Portuguese word and an English word before 1500. The variation jolly- , gelly- , reminds us of the numerous forms of the Scandinavian and Low German word jol , jolle , gelle , cited under jolly-boat n.; but the evidence for this as yet does not carry us back to the date of jolywat.

Obsolete.

A ship's boat of small size; ? = jolly-boat n.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > boat attendant on larger vessel > [noun] > ship's boat > types of

float-boat1322

cocka1400

cockboat1413

longboat1421

cogc1430

cog boat1440

espyne1487

jolywat1495

barge1530

fly-boat1598

gondola1626

cocket-boat1668

yawl1670

whale-boat1682

pinnace1685

launch1697

jolly-boat1728

cutter1745

gig1790

pram1807

jolly1829

whaler1893

1495–7 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 143 The Soueraigne with her grete bote and Iolywet.

1495–7 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 181 The Soueraignes grete Bote and Iolywat.

1495–7 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 272 (The Regent) Cokke Botes Belongyng to the seid Ship j, Botes called Iolywates j.

1513 in Oppenheim Admin. Royal Navy (1896) 80 For the boat 40 [men]; the cok, 20; the gelly-watte 10.

1613 Downton in Purchas Pilgrims (1625) I. 501 As soone as I anchored, I sent..Master Spooner, and Samuell Squire in my Gellywatte to sound the depths within the sands.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	jolywat
释义	† jolywatn. Forms: Also Middle English iolywet, 1500s–1600s gellywatte. Etymology: Of obscure origin and uncertain form, the earlier instances having joly-, the later gelly-.Conjectured by some to be a corruption of Spanish galeota , Portuguese galeota , French galiote , Dutch galjoot (galliot n.¹). But this is extremely doubtful. It is difficult to comprehend how galeota could be transformed into jolywat ; and the things differ even more than their names, for the galliot was an independent vessel with sails and many rowers, while the jolywat was a ship's boat of small size. It is true that the Portuguese galeota appears to have become galleywat or gallivat n., in the East Indies, but this, like the original, was a vessel of 60 or 70 tons with sails and 40 or 50 rowers, carrying sometimes 8 guns—a very different thing from the jolywat , to say nothing of the impossibility of any connection between an Indo-Portuguese word and an English word before 1500. The variation jolly- , gelly- , reminds us of the numerous forms of the Scandinavian and Low German word jol , jolle , gelle , cited under jolly-boat n.; but the evidence for this as yet does not carry us back to the date of jolywat. Obsolete. A ship's boat of small size; ? = jolly-boat n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > boat attendant on larger vessel > [noun] > ship's boat > types of float-boat1322 cocka1400 cockboat1413 longboat1421 cogc1430 cog boat1440 espyne1487 jolywat1495 barge1530 fly-boat1598 gondola1626 cocket-boat1668 yawl1670 whale-boat1682 pinnace1685 launch1697 jolly-boat1728 cutter1745 gig1790 pram1807 jolly1829 whaler1893 1495–7 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 143 The Soueraigne with her grete bote and Iolywet. 1495–7 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 181 The Soueraignes grete Bote and Iolywat. 1495–7 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 272 (The Regent) Cokke Botes Belongyng to the seid Ship j, Botes called Iolywates j. 1513 in Oppenheim Admin. Royal Navy (1896) 80 For the boat 40 [men]; the cok, 20; the gelly-watte 10. 1613 Downton in Purchas Pilgrims (1625) I. 501 As soone as I anchored, I sent..Master Spooner, and Samuell Squire in my Gellywatte to sound the depths within the sands. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1495
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