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boatn.1 Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with Old Icelandic beit (rare and only in early poetry), probably < an ablaut variant of the same Indo-European base as bite v., either with reference to the effect of woodworking tools in construction (compare Old Icelandic beita to cut into (something)), or with reference to a boat's passage through water (compare Old Icelandic beita to beat to the windward); compare bait v. with the same ablaut grade, but different meanings. Compare Middle Dutch bāt, boet, boot (Dutch boot), which is either cognate with the Old English word (with the vowel development reflecting early regional variation), or a borrowing < Middle English; compare also (either cognate with or borrowed from the Dutch word) West Frisian boat and Middle Low German bōt ( > German Boot (late 15th cent.)). The more common early Scandinavian parallel with long ā, shown by Old Icelandic bátr, Old Swedish bater (Swedish båt), Old Danish baat (Danish båd), is < Old English.Forms in Anglo-Norman, French, and Latin. Compare (probably < Old English or perhaps < early Scandinavian) Anglo-Norman bat (early 12th cent.). Compare also the Anglo-Norman and Old French diminutive formation batel (see bateau n. and compare the Romance forms cited at that entry). Compare post-classical Latin batus , battus (from 12th cent. in British and continental sources), batellus (frequently from 12th cent. in British sources; from 13th cent. in continental sources). Forms in Celtic languages. Compare (probably < either Old English or Anglo-Norman or perhaps < early Scandinavian) Welsh bad (14th cent.) and ( < either Old English or early Scandinavian) Early Irish bát (Irish bád ). Form history. In Old English usually a strong masculine; the existence of a strong feminine by-form is apparently shown by the accusative singular form bāte in an isolated attestation in the 10th-cent. Cleopatra Gloss. It is noteworthy that α. forms have disappeared entirely from modern Scots and northern English regional usage (forms of this type survived into the early 20th cent. in isolated use in coastal communities in north-eastern Scotland, but otherwise are not attested later than the early 17th cent.), as a result of the influence of either standard English or of cognate forms in Dutch or Middle Low German (or a combination of both influences); β. forms are common in Older Scots from at least the second half of the 15th cent. Semantic relationships. In early use in senses 1a and 2a, the uses of this word overlap significantly with those of the more common ship n.1 (which originally denoted vessels of any size). A number of compounds with boat- as their first element have equivalents with ship- , which are often earlier. For examples of the two words used nearly or fully interchangeably (chiefly, but not exclusively, in sense 2a) compare:OE Beowulf (2008) 896 Sæbat gehleod, bær on bearm scipes beorhte frætwa Wælses eafera.c1225 (?c1200) St. Juliana (Bodl.) l. 749 Sophie..nom þis meidenes bodi & ber hit in to hire schip [c1225 Royal bat].a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 13280 Petre & Andrew..laft þaire batis [Vesp. scipps, Gött. schippis] twin. ▸ 1440 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 446 Schyppe, bot, barca. Particular sense developments. In sense 3b after Spanish naveta (see naveta n.) and classical Latin navicula in its post-classical Latin sense ‘incense boat’ (see navicula n.). Compare earlier navet n.1, navicula n., and ship n.1 5b. In sense 5 so called on account of the conformation's resemblance to a simple boat. Compare chair n.1 Additions. In sense 4b short for boat race n. 3. 1. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > boat as different from ship society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > boat as different from ship > boat as smaller than ship eOE (1890) 74/1 Linter, baat. eOE (Parker) anno 891 Þrie Scottas comon to Ęlfrede cyninge on anum bate butan ęlcum gereþrum. OE Prudentius Glosses (Boulogne 189) in H. D. Meritt (1959) 90 [Leuique uectum] lembulo : bate. lOE (Corpus Cambr.) (1997) 92 Se deofol..for into þære sæ, & com rowende on anum bate to sume scip full mannum. c1225 (?c1200) (Bodl.) 585 (MED) Þu leddest þurh moyses..bute brugge ant bat, þurh þe reade sea. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Calig.) (1978) l. 14284 Þer com of se wenden þat wes an sceort bat liðen, sceouen mid vðen. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 189 (MED) Men..fleigh to hym in schippes and bootes [L. in ratibus]. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Petyt) ii. 156 (MED) Philip..To boote mad him bone. a1450 (?c1430) J. Lydgate (Huntington) (1931) l. 264 (MED) Who hath no ship mote rowe yn bote or barge. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour (Adv.) iii. 408 Na bait fand yai. c1500 (?a1437) (1939) xvii My feble bote full fast to stere and rowe. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil iv. xi. 8 Othir schip or bait. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria i. i. f. 2v Theyr lighters or small boates (whiche they call Canoas). a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iv. vi. 33 To hazard all our liues in one small Boat . View more context for this quotation c1616 R. C. (1871) v. 2267 Being olde, One foote already within Charons bote. a1670 S. Collins (1671) ix. 39 He could not find a Russ so bold & hardy as to row the Boat for him. 1743 H. Fielding Jonathan Wild ii. xi, in III. 170 What could be imagined more miserable than the Situation of our Hero at this Season, floating in a little Boat on the open Seas, without Oar, without Sail. 1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere vii, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge 46 The Boat came close beneath the Ship. 1812 J. Wilson i. 63 The tiniest boat that ever sailed Upon an inland lake. 1850 Ld. Tennyson cxix. 186 The market boat is on the stream. View more context for this quotation 1889 188 His time is too fully occupied in ‘monkeying’ about his boat, sails and rigging. 1914 4 294 Six men made up the crew of the boat [sc. a Shetland sixern]. 1956 S. H. Bell vi. 83 In those days,..the women of the village were as skilful as the men in handling boats, particularly the four-oar racing gigs. 2004 May 44/1 He spent years sat in his little boat, plumbing the depths of the harbour with his home made sampler. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels with other specific uses > [noun] > lifeboat or raft lOE (Laud) anno 1046 His sciperes..wurpon hine on þone bat, and..reowan to scipe. c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xxvii. 30 Thei hadden sente a litel boot [L. scapham] in to the see. c1450 (c1400) (1881) l. 392 (MED) By water he ordeynede the shippes goon, The bootis bownden to the maste. 1513 in M. Oppenheim (1896) 80 For the boat 40 [men]; the cok, 20; the gelly-watte 10. 1589 A. Barlowe in R. Hakluyt 728 We manned our boates, and went to viewe the lande next adioyning. 1622 R. Hawkins xxvii. 60 Our Boats returned loaden with Plantynes, Pinias, Potatoes, Sugar-canes. 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais x We weigh'd Anchor, hois'd up Sail, stow'd the Boats, set the Land, and stood for the Offing. 1707 15 Sept. 2/2 The Storm then abating beyond expectation, he got out his Boats, &..left the Ship about 2 in the morning, expecting her to sink immediately. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter ii. xi. 254 As soon as he had run into the harbour, he intended to have push'd two hundred of his men on shore in his boats. 1837 7 Sept. In distress, with loss of both masts, spars, sails, rigging, rudder, boats, [etc.]. 1912 87 That the men who are to man the boats should have more frequent drills than hitherto. 2000 M. Kneale (2001) i. 6 The tow ropes were let go, the boats were brought up, and the boys were scampering aloft to let go a sheet or two and catch the wind. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels propelled by oars or poles > [noun] > rowing boat > light or racing 1829 July 252/1 The Oxford boat drew away every stroke; and on reaching the bridge were considerably a-head. 1880 14 Apr. 9/2 The Oxford boat were off very quickly, and for a few strokes held a trifling advantage. 1885 Sept. 661 ‘Who will take his place and pull third?’ ‘Larribee... He ought to have been in the boat long ago.’ 1922 15 June 924/2 Cummings has taken the place of Morgan, who seemed certain of a seat in the boat until he was taken ill a few weeks ago. 1983 30 Mar. 21/5 Two men in the Oxford boat were taken ill, yesterday the cox was also sick. 2004 Aug. 20/2 Friedrich corrects the errors conversationally and turns his attention to the boat as a whole. ‘Trust the catch... Big bend on the oar. C'mon.’ 2. a. A larger vessel, usually operating on large rivers and lakes, in coastal waters, or on short sea voyages, typically used for fishing, transporting cargo and passengers over short distances, ferrying provisions, mail, etc., to large ships at sea, or (in later use) pleasure excursions. In Old English apparently only in verse.OE (2008) 211 Flota wæs on yðum, bat under beorge... Gewat þa ofer wægholm winde gefysed flota famiheals. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Calig.) (1978) l. 11904 Arður nom ænne bat [c1300 Otho bot] godne..and he þat scip stronge scaf from þan londe. c1300 (?c1225) (Cambr.) (1901) l. 202 (MED) Vs he dude lede In to a galeie..Horn ihc am ihote, Icomen vt of þe bote. c1400 (?c1380) l. 184 (MED) He watz flowen for ferde..In-to þe boþem of þe bot. a1500 (?a1450) (Harl. 7333) (1879) 303 (MED) Þou shalt not fall out of þe ship or þe boote of charite. c1540 (?a1400) (2002) f. 22v The Troiens..folowet..To the banke of the brode see, þere botis were leuit. 1580 in (1893) 22/2 Which Ryver is portable for a boate of two tunnes. a1604 M. Hanmer Chron. Ireland 140 in J. Ware (1633) Some thirteene botes out of Waterford. 1634 W. Wood i. x. 43 These flatts make it unnavigable for shippes, yet at high water great Boates, Loiters, and Pinnaces of 20, and 30 tun, may saile up to the plantation. 1688 R. Holme (1905) iii. xv. 27/1 Lowe built boates..which..will strike to the sides of great shippes, and with their guns..either suddenly surprice the same or sinke it. 1703 No. 3888/4 Boats to Convoy Letters and Pacquets between England and the Islands of Barbadoes, Antego, etc. c1716 C. Downing Hist. Indian Wars in (1912) 2 216/1 We had 10 or 12 Galleywats, which are large boats, as big as a Gravesend tilt-boat, and generally mount six swivel guns, and will carry in the way of landing near 100 men. 1765 J. Tucker in (Royal Soc.) 54 83 At King-Road..the officers observed the king's boat to float suddenly. 1860 i. lxii. 357 The master or conductor of every boat laden with goods, wares, or merchandise, which enters the waters of a canal [etc.]. 1871 229 We mean to take the boat to Gravesend, and have a nice long day of it. 1958 Oct. 100 Travel to Boston by boat and overland was frequent and New London was then an important shipping port. 2003 Oct. 54/2 Next autumn the ‘East Enders’ of our Branch plan to travel by boat to Donegal to catch up with our indigenous members in the Inishowen Peninsula. OE (1932) 246 He ðær lidweardas..[mette], modiglice menn, on merebate sittan siðfrome, swylce hie ofer sæ comon. OE (2008) 633 Þa ic on holm gestah, sæbat gesæt mid minra secga gedriht. 1336 in J. T. Fowler (1899) II. 533 (MED) In dono hominibus qui..reduxerunt Batellum videlicet le Stanbate. 1463–4 in R. R. Sharpe (1912) L. 47 That the owners of all the Risshe Botes that..shall resorte to this Citee shal have utterance and sale of theire Risshes in the places hereafter folowing. c1540 in (P.R.O.: SP 1/159) f. 238 The heringe botes of straungiers Repairinge hither yerely be in nombre iijcxl at the lest. a1661 T. Fuller (1662) Cambr. 159 Crossing Humber in a Barrow-boat, the same was sand-warpt, and he drowned therein. 1671 6 Apr. (single sheet) Whereas several Dirt-Boats and Bum-Boats..under pretence of Fetching Dirt, and Furnishing necessary Provisions on Board such Ships as are in the River, do commit divers Thefts and Robberies. 1760 G. Croghan Jrnl. 12 Nov. in R. G. Thwaites (1904) I. 107 The Ammunition Boat allmost staved to Pieces. 1792 J. Phillips x. 215 The time to make a trip and retrip by the ten ton crane boat. 1875 E. G. Harvey 56 Henry George and Samuel Hitchens, two other Mullyon fishermen, were, at this time, in their crabbing-boat, at moorings, just off Vellan Head. 1884 Jan. 40/2 A wooden jetty, a blubber-boat, and a pile of casks. 1895 (U.S. Bureau Statistics) XII. 484 The London Missionary Society has a large sailing boat in addition to its steamer on Lake Tanganyika, and the administration is now conveying to that lake an iron sailing boat in sections for use at the south end. 1960 J. Cope 163 He started with a rock-lobster boat in the Cape waters. 1994 D. Quataert in H. Inalcik xxxi. 803 Other boatmen placed cargoes into storage boats for future delivery. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > submersible vessel 1802 2 113 While under water, the boat made way at the rate of half a league an hour. 1875 16 147 This boat had already drowned sixteen men during the trials made with her in Charlestown Harbour. 1907 S. Lake 11 A boat was handed over for control to a man who had been in training for months for that position... The second time he attempted independent submergence of the vessel he started to submerge her with the ventilators open. 1962 E. Stephens iii. 26 Only surface ships carry a real, live supply officer... In the boats it's a line officer's job. 1970 11 Dec. 40/3 Each sub carries 16 missiles, so a 30-boat fleet would be able to deliver a total of at least 5,000 warheads. 2011 C. Westfall iii. 39 There are two operation stations for controlling the boat; the steering station and the dive station. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > ocean-going vessel society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > vessel belonging to specific line 1841 25 Dec. 836/3 He condemned the construction of vessels of such gigantic dimensions as the English Transatlantic boats. 1856 J. J. Jarves i. 23 The lady retorted with certain invidious comparisons with transatlantic boats, to him utterly unintelligible. 1880 Advts. 22 White Star Line..the Boats are uniform and vary very little in point of speed. 1937 K. Blixen 327 At the table on the boat to Africa I sat between a Belgian..and an Englishman. 1948 F. Loesser (song) I'd love to get you on a slow boat to China, All to myself, alone. Get you and keep you in my arms evermore, Leave all your lovers Weeping on the far away shore. 1978 D. C. Dennett xvii. 314 Would Texas incarcerate Yorick, leaving Hamlet free to take the next boat to Rio? 2006 19 Dec. 30/2 Two years later, Brown was on the boat to England himself. He scored 73 in the first Test, then a 100..in the second one at Lord's. 3. A shallow container, originally and typically resembling a boat in shape. the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > table-vessels > dish or plate > sauce dish 1464 in D. Yaxley (2003) 152 Bowt of the pewtier. 1636 in S. M. Ffarington (1856) 19 Fyve little Silver boates. 1684 No. 1990/4 A Silver Tankard..and a silver Boat and silver Spoons. 1726 9 Six colour'd Cups, 6 Saucers and a Boat. 1789 (new ed.) i. 23 Make some good apple-sauce, and send up in a boat. 1824 M. Randolph 25 For those who must have gravy with these meats, let it be made in any way they like, and served in a boat. 1875 No. 133. 13 There being some sauce in the boat. 1933 C. H. Senn (ed. 10) 1013 Norfolk Dumplings,—Make an ordinary bread dough... Serve with a boat of rich gravy or other suitable sauce. 1992 (Nexis) 3 Jan. f2/1 The sampling included..patatas bravas, or thin but broad French fries served with a boat of hotly spiced sauce. 1999 24 Dec. 3/6 But mealtime always brought them together and harmony was restored over the inevitable boat of gravy. society > faith > artefacts > implement (general) > vessel (general) > incense holder > [noun] 1760 G. Thompson tr. Francisco de los Santos i. iii. 28 Hezekiah has in his hand a golden boat (a vessel for carrying incense for the censers) [Sp. naueta]. 1848 F. Oakeley 142 The boat, which is generally of silver, contains the incense. 1865 F. G. Lee (ed. 2) 75 The thurible with its boat is placed on the credence. 1899 P. Dearmer 128 The thurifer and boat-bearer enter with the censer and boat. 1916 J. Joyce i. 42 Then when all were vested he had stood holding out the boat to the rector and the rector had put a spoonful of incense in. 1998 D. Philippart 41/2 Bring the thurible and the boat to the altar. the world > life > biology > laboratory analysis > apparatus > [noun] > for storing or containing 1847 1 May 174 The combustion was made in a current of oxygen, the substance being placed in a porcelain boat. 1867 Oct. 171/2 The whole of the carbon remains in the boat, which, when cool, is transferred into a porcelain tube. 1922 J. J. Sudborough (new ed.) Introd. 4 If the substance..is solid, it is either mixed with fine, dry copper oxide..or placed in a porcelain or platinum boat and burnt. 1976 18 307 A 0.5-ml sample is diluted to 5 ml with saline solution containing 1% nitric acid, and a 0.2-ml aliquot of this is pipetted into the boat. 2008 N. H. Ravindranath & M. Ostwald xiii. 170 Add previously ashed cupric oxide fines..to the sample in the combustion boat. 4. slang. society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor car > [noun] > large, old-fashioned 1910 20 Oct. 189/2 ‘If I had a magneto on this “old boat”, I'd show you,’ said one the other day. ‘But the car isn't sold with a magneto,’ I replied. 1974 Nov. 134/3 Most cars with too much compression are now getting quite old. In your case you'll probably be able to save the old boat if you double up in head gaskets. 1995 T. C. Boyle (1996) v. 64 Some sort of American car, older, a big boat of a thing with mag wheels and an elaborate metal-flake paint job. 2011 P. G. Bryan i. 12 Rennie would borrow his mom and dad's Lincoln Continental, a real boat, and we'd put the boards on the racks and drive 101. the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > [noun] 1958 F. Norman 35 As soon as he had stripped this crank down the boat. 1962 R. Cook i. 26 We've seen the new boat of the proletariat, all gleaming eyes. 1997 G. Williams xxii. 149 Russell copped a good butcher's at his boat and—Jesus, twice in the same morning—knew the mug from somewhere. 2004 Mar. 113/2 But maybe it's been staring us in the boat all along. 1925 44 606/1 Sachse's two strain-free configurations of cyclohexane... If Mohr's postulate held,..the boat form has a strain free motion and the chair form is rigid. 1959 25 Sept. 794/1 In our system, a symbol describing the kind of pyranoid ring is used; thus, C denotes the chair, and B1,B2, and B3 specify the three boats. 1977 J. March (ed. 2) iv. 128 For cyclohexane there are two extreme conformations in which all the angles are tetrahedral. These are called the boat and chair conformations, and in each the..ring is said to be puckered. 2004 71 9 In the case of cyclohexane, the shift from the boat form to the chair form results from hydrogen atoms repelling each other due to a common positive charge. Phrasesa1425 J. Wyclif (1869) I. 46 (MED) Þe takyng of his boot bitokeneþ his manheed. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus I. Luke v. f. lxiii He mynded to take bote and to be goen. 1576 W. Lambarde 157 Thomas Becket..secretly tooke boate at Rumney. 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster ii.ii sig. D3 You may..take Boate at Bridewell Dock most priuately. 1719 D. Defoe 216 As the Tide made to the Westward, I saw them all take Boat, and row (or paddle, as we call it) all away. 1762 J. Wesley 26 Nov. (1931) IV. 365 As soon as Evening Prayer was over, the tide then serving, I took boat at the Bluff for Carolina. 1831 J. F. Cooper II. x. 165 They go by the quay to the arsenal; thence they will take boat, as is customary, for the Rialto. 1884 Dec. 290/2 A story was abroad that Grant had been the last man to take boat at the end of that affair. 1909 E. Lawless 6 Or—a more seemly burial we'll concede—Take boat and drop it twenty fathoms down. P3. the world > action or operation > difficulty > present difficulties [verb (intransitive)] > be in difficulties or straits > of the same kind as someone else the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > circumstance [phrase] > (be) in the same boat 1584 T. Hudson tr. G. de S. Du Bartas 14 Haue ye paine? so likewise paine haue we: For in one bote [Fr. en mesme navire] we both imbarked be. 1629 T. Taylor 6 He is in the same boate which is tossed and threatned with the tempest, and is someway interessed in the common cause, and quarrell. 1710 E. Ward II. xviii. 360 Therefore the Sinner, and the Saint, Are often in the self-same Boat. ?1778–9 R. B. Sheridan (1966) I. 207 But if the good Days of opposition are to continue we are all in a Boat. 1845 C. Dickens i. 40 You'll come to the wedding? We're in the same boat. 1857 T. Hughes i. vii. 170 ‘But my face is all muddy’, argued Tom. ‘Oh, we're all in one boat for that matter.’ 1914 Oct. 621/1 We are all in one boat, and should all pull together. 1916 J. H. Cohen viii. 109 We are all in a boat. The sins of one of us are the sins of all of us. 1921 H. Crane 17 Oct. (1965) 68 He..made me feel myself, as a poet, as being ‘in the same boat’ with him. 1961 17 Mar. 17/3 We are all human, we are all in the same boat. 2000 Oct. 11/1 The class was a new one, so everyone attending was in the same boat and made us all feel relaxed and comfortable. 1807 May 341 Don't you row in the same boat with that fellow! 1825 June 611 Let us inquire, therefore, how far your ideas in that respect were well-founded, and whether these said Directors be, as is supposed, sailing in the same boat with you. 1850 W. M. Thackeray 13 July (1945) II. 681 I don't think I ought to pull in the same boat with such a savage little Robespierre. 1876 A. Trollope IV. xviii. 303 Lest in my absence he should feel it incumbent on himself to sail in the same boat with his late colleague. 1900 June 508/2 Employer and labor were sailing in the same boat. 1993 9 May 12 h/2 A corporate identity program is an extremely inexpensive investment for what you get back, which is everyone pulling in the same boat in the same direction. 2008 (Nexis) 12 June The UPA and the NDA both sail in the same boat in these matters. the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > be liberal [verb (intransitive)] the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [verb (intransitive)] > supply generous amount 1920 P. G. Wodehouse Dear Old Squiffy in July 70/1 When did it begin to dawn on the lads in the grill-room that the old egg had been pushing the boat out? 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons 231 Push the boat out, to, to stand treat. 1937 ‘J. Curtis’ iii. 39 This bloke you're meeting up the Old Jacket and Vest to-night, let him push the boat out, the bastard. Surely he can pester for a tightener if you're hungry. 1946 J. Irving 140 Push the boat out, to, a boatwork term used to imply paying for a ‘round of drinks’. 1962 ‘J. le Carré’ i. 10 ‘Fielding's giving another dinner party tonight.’ ‘He's pushing the boat out these days.’ 1977 B. Pym x. 90 ‘Pushing the boat out, aren't you?’ said Norman, with unusual jollity, as Ken topped up his glass. 2004 Feb. 124/2 Push the boat out for breakfast, at the Marriott, County Hall... For the works, you'll pay £18.95, but only £3.50 for under-fives. 1929 16 Feb. 7/4 Pat McStay, just off the boat, who packed the fastest punch. 1938 4 July 10/5 He'd never been to Ireland then, but to listen to the catch in his voice you'd think he was fresh off the boat. 1968 21 Oct. 59/2 A man has two sons,..the one an Orthodox immigrant just off the boat, the other an uptown Yankee Doodle Dandy with a Nehru jacket. 1986 R. Sproat 87 They had this act they used to do with Pa, making out they was simple and just off the boat speaking bad English. 1993 G. F. Newman (rev. ed.) 54 All you done is give me a pull on my form. What d'you think, I just got off the boat? 2005 J. M. Coutts x. 94 I might be naive, but I didn't just get off the boat. There's more than just a moral issue here. Compounds C1. 1742 (ed. 3) I. vi. 331 The Boat-owner lamented his being unprepared for them [sc. pilchards]. 1761 J. Call in R. O. Cambridge 170 The boat-fellows..seized the arms of the sleeping soldiers, poured water on the locks, then tied the men, and landed the boats at our sea gate. 1804 W. Clark Jrnl. 19 Sept. in (1987) III. 89 The boat Crew killed 2 Buffalow Swiming the river. 1831 T. Waghorn 28 (heading) Log-journal of the boat-trip from Suez to Cossire. 1859 Jan. 9/1 Left home at seven, A. M., on a boat tour to the sugar mills on the T'achiu river. 1893 P. W. Joyce iv. xvi. 535 Under his direction they constructed boat-frames of boughs, interwoven with osier twigs in the usual way. 1925 Sept. 361/1 If Wood succeeds, he will..have set a new world's record for boat speed. 1946 33 381/1 The sample from the boat cover that had been exposed to weathering for several years in an especially smoky area of Washington, D. C. 1987 (Nexis) 26 Sept. b3 Events will include a boat parade Nov. 15 in Newport Harbor. 1989 J. G. Peck & A. S. Lepie in V. L. Smith x. 218 One still sees the occasional boat under construction in a back yard or boat shed. 1995 June 43/3 (caption) Circumnavigating sailor Paul Howard is a boat broker with Angus and Jatis Yacht Sales. 2008 Summer 141 Whether you're going to a glamorous boat party or garden party soiree, stay in summer style with our chic selection of churidars, shalwars and fusional dresses. b. 1850 12 Steamboat Mattrasses, Quilts, Comforters, Pillows, Vessel and Boat Bedding of every description, always on hand and made to order. 2006 (Nexis) 12 Oct. 1 Custom boat bedding and accessories, wooden crafts and flags and scale-model boats. 1758 J. Burton 223 To the whole consort of every boat-fisher (Batella piscantis) twelve loaves of white bread, and six-pence for companage. 1897 9 Oct. 12/2 The fishing banks of Faxe bay are too limited in extent to afford room for both the boat fishers and the trawlers. 2004 ‘S. Rybaak’ 41 Boat fishers have two options: Stay on the east half [of the Niagara River] or carry a Canadian license. 1750 34 That the small Fund already destined for improving the Fishery in Scotland,..should remain for the Encouragement of the Coast and Boat-Fishings there. 1850 C. Lanman 108 As the good standing places are few in number, many anglers resort to boat-fishing. 1913 W. W. Thompson ii. 42 At Hermanus and East London nearly all those engaged in boat fishing are Europeans. 2009 D. A. Rose 8/2 Boat fishing brings all walks of life together. 1876 8 Jan. 4/2 Boat handling and swimming are among the specialties of the middies' studies. 1956 Aug. 14/3 Ninety percent of the safety of water skiing depends on the boat handling. 2010 J. L. Haley ii. 30 There are treacherous shallows, nearly irresistible currents, and the constant imperative to dodge commercial traffic and fishermen—all in all it was a tough school in which to train himself in the art of boat handling. society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > hire or rent > [noun] > for ship or boat 1423 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt (1931) 175 (MED) Item, for bothyr..from Westmester to london, viij d. 1468 in (1922) 35 (MED) Pro cariagio le torches & bothyre, ij d. 1580 A. Saker i. 93 My young Maister had some money lose in his pocket to pay his Boate hire. 1675 T. Hobbes tr. Homer xv. 188 Somewhat else Boat-hire to pay. 1788 3 Jan. Their..Boat..will deliver the goods ordered..at no charge whatever..but the proportion of boat hire. 1828 C. D'Oyly 197 Some Qui-hi captain..undertakes the job,—his boat-hire to escape. 1903 A. C. P. Haggard 225 He naturally thought 3s. an hour pretty stiff boat hire. 2010 C. Pitts & D. McCrohan (Lonely Planet) 113/2 There's a great central lake with boat hire. 1598 J. Florio Batellaro, a boat-maker. 1642 T. Fuller ii. xvi. 111 Shipwrights and boatmakers will choose those crooked pieces of timber. 1795 July 33/2 The boat-maker of early times,..had probably to lament the loss of employment when a competitor arrived from a distance armed with the recently discovered hatchet. 1855 J. L. Motley I. 77 Pope Adrian the Sixth, the Netherland boat-maker's son and the Emperor's ancient tutor. 1955 12 Feb. 12/2 A 44-foot, twin engine Pacemaker, manufactured by C. P. Leek. Some name for a boatmaker. 2010 T. Frank 59 There were letters from button makers, coach makers, furriers, boat makers, wheelwrights, printers, illusionists, and artists. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > boat racing or race > [noun] 1788 No. 21 279 Horse-racing, Foot-racing, Boat-racing, and every invention to promote Dissipation, and render Industry perfectly odious. 1871 16 Sept. 876/2 In the days when ‘spelling bees’ were known, and the rivalry between schools was as sharp and as exciting as the present boat-racing between Oxford and Cambridge. 2006 (Nexis) 22 May 3 Other highlights include boat racing and punt sailing in Moville bay, Donegal. 1829 3 Oct. 224/1 To-morrow several boat rides are projected. 1920 J. J. Walsh xix. 328 Those who can should arrange either to go to the theater..or, if it is pleasant weather, to go for a short excursion or a boat ride or something of that kind. 2011 K. Russell xxiv. 307 The ranger had offered me a shower on the boat ride over and I'd said no without thinking. 1801 J. Strutt ii. ii. 69 I shall not pretend to investigate the antiquity of boat-rowing. 1884 Feb. 457 Labor with a practical purpose—gardening, boat-rowing, or amateur carpentering—enables people to beguile themselves into a far greater amount of hard work. 2008 S. K. Mittelstet in J. E. Roueche et al. vi. 82 The persistent learning required to excel in boat rowing. society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > other types of shop 1813 876/3 (table) Boat Shop, Painter's Do. Yard. 1847 J. H. Ingraham i. 8 In the rear are two other rooms, one of which is a sort of boat-shop for repairing, and even building boats. 1995 June 31/1 The firm's offices and chandlery occupy Petite Riviere's historic, two-storey general store, with the modern boat shop and spar loft located out the back. 1581 B. Rich sig. D iv She made as though she would haue looked ouer the Boate side, into the Water. 1760 2 155 Their oars rested on a Pin at the Top of the Boat-side. 1882 325 We look over our boat-side and see the big ‘corkers’ rising up out of the marl and sand in which their roots lie buried. 2010 (Nexis) 23 July s2 One hour later, a 72-inch bluefin was at boatside. C2. 1823 9 Sept. Two frigate docks and a boat basin, 100 feet long and 70 feet wide. 1938 101 94/2 The boat basin, now being dredged to permit passage for vessels of twelve-foot draft. 2000 Feb. 164/2 The partners produced an elegant plan of giant circular developments that included a boat basin, a sculpture garden, and a shop-lined waterfront. 1888 Oct. 747/2 A lit-à-bateau (boat-bed), so called because shaped almost like a state-barge, perhaps. 1897 June 257/1 As I looked over the gunwale of my boat-bed, I saw the disk of the sun looming gloriously above the horizon. 1922 M. Widdemer xi. 259 Didn't any of you notice that stunning boat bed in the room? 1980 J. E. Keller xii. 137 Trudeau was delighted to be able to shoot a deer from his boat-bed. 2003 (Nexis) 13 June (Lifestyle section) b1 She created a quilt for her grandson who sleeps in a boat bed. the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of hand or foot > [noun] 1578 J. Banister i. 35v The large, and rounde sinuated side of the Boatelyke Bone.] 1615 H. Crooke 1007 The outside of this Boatebone is large, round and sinuated..It..endeth into an internall narrow processe [Fig. 10], resembling the prow of a ship. 1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré vi. xxxviii. 236 The upper part of the Boat-bone regarding the top of the foot. 1990 A. E. Oestreich ii. 17 If you can judge the centering on the concavity of the navicular (i.e. ‘boat-bone’) on the head of the talus (‘ankle bone’) then you get an indirect indication of whether or not the hindfoot is in varus or valgus. society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > bridge > floating bridge 1598 tr. 6 Hee presently sent about midnight, a hundred chosen men.., with certaine wagons, laden with Boate-bridges, Skaling-ladders, and instruments of fire-workes. 1659 No. 588. 752 The Confederate Forces after they had passed the Eyder upon a Boat Bridge erected about Rensburg..marched by way of Crempen. 1794 J. B. S. Morritt 22 May (1914) ii. 29 The Danube..which we crossed on one of the ponts volants or boat bridges you have heard me mention as on the Rhine. 1857 Dec. 60/1 The wide, rapid river, the long boat-bridge..the river-side villages, and the winding Rhine flashing along for miles and miles. 1959 E. Pound xcvi. 9 By the boat-bridge over Euphrates. 2010 (Nexis) 22 Sept. b6 (caption) Commuters walk across a floating boat bridge on the Buriganga River in Dhaka on Tuesday. 1794 J. C. Cross 20 Now if I can but quietly saw the boat-chain in two, and put off to 'un, he wed'nt alarm himself much about paying too dear for his lodging. 1869 J. G. Austin ii. i. 45 ‘Take care! Did you tear your dress? It is not a fit one for a boating party,’ said Fergus, hurriedly passing the boat-chain over the post set for it. 1953 July 158/2 The keys..ordinarily include his car keys and one for the lock on the boat chain. 2007 (Nexis) 4 Oct. 3 Police officers helped recover the male from the water after he banged his head on a boat chain. 1841 B. J. Totten vii. 63 As the boat comes in the yard-tackles are eased off, until she is over the boat chocks; then, Lower away of all! 1910 11 Mar. 17/3 The condition of the boat chocks proved that there was some attempt on board to get the boats out on both sides. 1988 T. Wynne-Jones 151 Past the railing she leaned against the boat chock that cradled the lifeboats. 2010 (Nexis) 16 Jan. Information Resource & Facilitation Centre said it had a requirement for DK whaler, transportation trolley and boat chocks. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > cloak, mantle, or cape > types of > large 1773 43 144 All hid in a captain's boat-cloak. a1822 P. B. Shelley Fugitives in (1824) 146 One boat-cloak did cover The loved and the lover. 1883 R. L. Stevenson I. i. iv. 33 There was an old boat-cloak, whitened with sea-salt. 1950 ‘C. S. Forester’ 7 Presumably the huddled figure in the sternsheets looking more like a heap of trash with a boat cloak thrown over it. 2002 (Nexis) 4 May 19 (caption) Cecil Beaton's 1968 photograph of the Queen in a dark blue admiral's boat cloak. 1778 15 Oct. The money now applied to the support of boat clubs. 1877 H. J. Rose II. 245 In the Mediterranean ports, some first-rate boat-clubs have been organized, and annual regattas take place, in spring, summer, and autumn. 1957 July 240/2 Last year there was outboard racing at 353 sanctioned regattas, plus informal racing at hundreds of boat clubs. 2011 J. Wallenstein iv. 100 I may have had some idea about explaining the impromptu travelogue I'd delivered at the boat club. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > slip on which ships built or repaired > framework on which vessel rests 1829 3 35 The machinery, too, must be of great strength, as the boat cradle and counterbalance cannot be less than 60 tons. 1960 19 Sept. 2/4 For sailing families, boat-cradle, mast support, and long tow-bar can be bought as extras [to caravans]. 1994 A. Bailey (1999) iii. 33 [We] saw two weather-beaten houses, several huge truck-trailer rigs, boat cradles, children, a barking dog, many chickens, and an inquisitive pony. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > deck > deck from which lifeboats launched 1855 18 147/1 To each boat-deck there is to be a stair and hand-rail. 1899 14 Jan. 19/2 She has in all seven decks, all of steel. They consist of lower orlop, orlop, lower, middle, upper, promenade, and boat decks. 1925 J. Dos Passos iii. v. 371 Mr. Densch..walked nervously back and forth on the damp boat deck of the Volendam. 1990 J. McPhee 126 Below the bridge deck is the boat deck, and on the boat deck is Captain Washburn's office. 1928 Nov. 780/1 For a boat dive, a march with a sudden silence during the actual plunge. 1984 12 Nov. 85/3 The basic dive package, for certified divers only, costs $513, including seven nights' lodging, breakfast, six morning two-tank boat dives, and airport transfers. 2001 A. M. Perez ii. 25 This was the final week for scuba diving. Everyone was signed up for the boat dive. society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [noun] > safety drills or operations 1854 30 Dec. 413/6 A boat drill of all the boats of the two ships added much to the scene. 1875 29 Jan. 10/5 During the first few days of the voyage the crew had been well exercised at fire drill and boat drill by Captain Revett, and this training now bore good fruit. 1943 H. Pearson x. 139 Unfortunately [on the Titanic] there had been neither boat-muster nor boat-drill. ?1999 B. Donaldson i. 5 My thoughts were disturbed by the tannoy blaring, ordering us to do boat drill. society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > run to connect with a boat 1865 26 Aug. 215/1 The boat-express whirls the happy couple off to Dover and misery. 1908 15 Jan. 1/2 [He] brought in the Irish boat express from Holyhead in the evening of December 26th. 2007 (Nexis) 25 Oct. The shrill whistle of the boat express engine tells the local world that a train load of passengers..is on its way from the level crossing. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [adverb] > in the manner or shape of a ship or boat 1802 H. Neuman I Esquipado, made boat-fashion. 1823 1 127 The bottom or floating part of these head works may be made gondola, or boat-fashion if preferred. 1900 17 Apr. A hat of string colored horse hair woven in lace design is shaped boat-fashion. 1995 R. Sawyer-Fay i. 39/2 (caption) In the dining nook of a 1940s farm cottage,..windows open outward, boat fashion, to take in the Long Island landscape. 1839 C. Dickens xxiii. 223 A pilot, who sported a boat-green door, with window-frames of the same colour. society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > boatman or waterman 1821 I. 46 This admiralty jurisdiction had done much to ruin those who were engaged in..[steamboat] navigation, by making the boat-hands unfaithful. 1936 Dec. 380/1 There had been a great demand for boat-hands. 2003 2 Feb. i. 7/5 The boathand, Cen Yam, was eventually charged by the Mexican prosecutor and found guilty of negligent homicide, in spite of doubts about the case. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > made of specific material > straw > types of 1889 F. E. Gretton 310 The dandy of that time in Anglesea boat hat, blue coat with brass buttons, high velvet collar, and swallow-tails. 1987 P. J. O'Rourke 164 Boat hats, indeed, run the gamut of foolery starting with the simple watch cap, making its wearers seem only unlettered, and winding up with the enormous yellow rubber sou'wester foul-weather chapeau. 1998 J. P. Quigel & L. E. Hunsinger i. 23 (caption) This photograph shows a standing-room-only crowd (some patrons with straw boat hats) assembled along the right field bleachers and roped-off foul territory area. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > fore part of vessel > [noun] 1485 in M. Oppenheim (1896) 50 Sheves of Iren in the bote Hede. 1599 in H. Stevens (1885) 18 2 in her fore sheetes, 2 in hir boates head. 1625 H. Pricket in S. Purchas III. 607 Then was Andrew Moter driuen to stand in the Boat head, and waft to the ship, which (at the first) saw vs not. 1776 Apr. 165/2 Charon at the boat head receives them. 1832 Ld. Tennyson Lady of Shalott iv, in (new ed.) 18 As the boathead wound along The willowy hills and fields among. 1897 R. Kipling i. 10 With a swift jerk he sculled the flickering boat-head on to a foamless sea. 1810 Oct. 314 The sound of the boat horns from several Kentucky arks..produced a most charming effect. 1838 C. Mathews (new ed.) 149 A boat-horn..consists of the horn of an ox attached to the extremity of a wooden handle, and is used in our sloops and other river craft, to wet the sails. 1888 Dec. 48/1 The outline of his long boat-horn caught his eye, and picking it up he sounded its winding largo voice. 1977 J. Lee xiii. 170 I even had a boat horn that my Grandpa had on the canal. 2002 (Nexis) 27 Oct. f14 He released one prolonged blast of the boat horn, then steered the boat into the harbor. ?1796–8 IV. 87/1 Boat insect, see Notonecta. 1861 G. Wilson & A. Geikie x. 289 The Statice clustered along the banks of a sulphury pool, in which numerous boat-insects were paddling about. 1948 76 87/1 Other names are ‘water bug’, ‘boat fly’, ‘boat insect’ and ‘boatman’. society > travel > travel by water > launching a vessel > [noun] society > travel > travel by water > launching a vessel > [noun] > place or device for 1822 J. de Luce I. x. 129 ‘Is it not for a long visit she goes?’ ‘No, no, merely a party to see some boat-launch in the neighbourhood.’ 1865 II. 421 (heading) A floating gangway, boat launch, and life raft. 1872 H. W. Taunt 41 There is a boat-launch here..It consists of a series of rollers down an incline. 1906 A. B. Hulbert xiv. 342 A boat launch was always an inspiring sight, and the occasions were made to some extent gala days. 1977 2 Oct. xii. 27/8 (advt.) Facility has been updated with boat launch, tourist park and public beach nearby. 2001 Mar. 57/1 The put-in for Cane Bayou is a small, remote public boat launch with limited parking. 2011 N. Beech 50 The day after the boat launch, ‘Beech Boys Atlantic’ moved into its new home! 1248 in B. Thuresson (1950) 86 (MED) Rog. le Botmeyster. 1652 R. Codrington tr. Q. Curtius Rufus vii. 197 For the boat-masters [L. gubernatores] were not able to keep their course against the force of the stream. 1762 188 Every boat-master, splitter, and master voyage, who are the chief people among the [Newfoundland] fishermen and shoremen, being the catchers and curers of fish. 1866 G. E. J. Powell & E. Magnússon tr. J. Arnason 2nd Ser. 9 Next morning the weather was very suspicious, and none deemed fit to row out, except one boat-master and his crew. 1997 61 328 People..may have preferred to ship something upstream sooner to Henley rather than wait for a boat-master to have assembled a load for Oxford. 1734 I Boatnails, a certain Sort of Nails. 1887 H. Hall 224 If the ordinary boat nail is employed, drive down the burr with burr starter and hammer. 1962 July 148/2 Use 1¼-in. boat nails and glue to assemble the frame. 2010 (Nexis) 11 Oct. 8 a The company produced five distinct varieties of nails, including spikes, common nails, boat nails, stainless steel nails and tie keys. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > covering or next to neck > neck-line > types of 1922 28 Apr. 7/1 (advt.) Exquisite variety—fiery reds, soft blues and orchids; French or boat necks. 1960 18 Jan. 15/5 There are sweaters with V necks, and wide boat necks. 1979 P. Smith in (1999) 125 I was dressed beatnik style—ponytail, boatneck, boots with no socks. 1993 May 150 (caption) Spring for a fresh floral T-shirt, like this cotton boat neck by Daniel Hechter. 2002 A. Ireland (2004) x. 142 He wore a striped shirt with a boat neck. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > covering or next to neck > neck-line > types of 1921 3 Sept. 7/3 (advt.) Some are richly beaded, others have new boat neck lines and full gathered skirts. 1959 E. Head & J. K. Ardmore ix. 119 I had to console myself with the dress, whose boat neckline was tied on each shoulder. 2010 (Nexis) 4 Oct. 11 There were still pieces of almost monastic simplicity—lots of boat necklines and tunic shapes. the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Asiphonida > family Ostreidae > fossil of genus Gryphoea 1816 F. Kendall 118 The Gryphites are vulgarly called Millers'-thumbs, Boat-oysters, &c. 1828 G. Young (ed. 2) 241 Gryphœa. Boat-oyster, or Miller's thumb. 1841 B. J. Totten 371 Boat-plugs, used in the bottom of a boat, to stop or open the plug-hole, to let in or out water. 1855 1 305 A simple ingenious system of a hollow rotating boat-plug, for the bottom of the boat, was also shewn. 1930 Dec. 1024/2 Fastenings for the decking consist of 1-in. galvanized nails, countersunk in 3/ 8-in. holes, which are later plugged with wooden boat plugs. 2010 (Nexis) 4 Aug. 8 c Boat plugs must be opened and remain so while being trailered home or to another lake. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > rowing apparatus > [noun] > pole 1698 tr. J. Bilberg 47 Now being gotten into our Boats, we no longer, as before with our Boat Poles [L. contis, Sw. Staken] and Spreads, follow'd the Course of the Shore. 1789 M. Madan tr. Juvenal Satires ii, in I. 77 And a boat-pole, and black frogs in the Stygian gulph. 1836–9 II. 73/2 A person having a heavy boat-pole in his hands. 1911 Aug. 544/2 Jim advised stopping at a convenient wooded island to cut a paw paw for a boat pole. 2006 vii. 169/1 Even nicer is its more versatile cousin, the boat pole; one that telescopes and accepts multiple heads for various specific functions. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > room, locker, or quarters > [noun] > quarters occupied by boats' crews 1904 29 Dec. 8/2 The crew were kept at boat-quarters in readiness for immediate launching. 1921 Jan. 2/1 ‘Boat stations—all hands’ barked the skipper. There was a scuttle of sneaker-feet and a whirligig of trotting figures as crew No. One of the Ship o' Dreams doubled to boat quarters. 1880 9 June The genial man that rocks a rowboat to scare the inmates. The boat-rocker looms up the grandest when there are some women in the boat. 1965 13 225/2 A large majority who more or less conform to a broad normative standard and a fraction of ‘boat-rockers’ who deviate grossly from this standard. 2011 (Nexis) 2 Mar. 16 Some more boat rockers are urgently needed to shake up Scotland's more cosy bureaucracies. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > for securing vessel > painter 1336 19/31 m. 4 In xxx petris corde de canabo..emptis ibidem pro vno Botrop inde faciendo. 1422–7 in S. Rose (1982) 190 [Hawsers for] bote ropes. 1627 J. Smith vi. 28 The Boat rope is that which the ship doth tow her Boat by, at her sterne. 1769 W. Falconer at Hale à bord The boat-rope, or guess-rope of a boat's moorings. 1857 D. P. Thompson xviii. 267 Here is a loosened slip-knot in the end of this bark boat-rope. 1908 (1915) I. viii. 225 As the boat approaches, the boat rope should be passed into her as soon as possible by means of a heaving line. 2010 (Nexis) 4 Aug. 4 The couple had already been in the 4C water for more than 90 minutes when she tied the boat rope to her arm. society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > helmsman or pilot 1814 16 Apr. Mr. Walter Wade, 52 years boat setter of Customs at this port. 1837 6 Sept. Mr. Samuel Barber, nearly 40 years boat-setter of her Majesty's Customs at the port of Ipswich. 1840 F. Marryat vi. 30 The boatsetter dodged him. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > made from specific material > canvas 1865 7 Nov. 3/5 One amusement of the boys..was that of gliding in the harbour on a pair of water-skates or boat-shoes. 1909 20 Feb. He ran with head up and elbows close at his sides, and his light boat shoes made scarcely any sound. 1998 (Nexis) 31 July 1 Da Vinci, walking on water in his new boat shoes, scares the wits out of Danielle. 2008 N. Jackson 349 Philip was hopping on one canvas boat shoe, ripping off the other. society > travel > travel by water > launching a vessel > [noun] > place or device for 1837 XXII. App. 79 A useful boat-slip could be made here for about £100. 1858 A. Trollope II. v. 95 She was carried up to the inn, near the boat slip on the Surrey side of the river. 1927 9 May 11/2 The boy..was playing on a boatslip when he fell in 7 ft. of water. 2002 22 Jan. (Tuesday Review section) 1/3 She began an affair with a ruggedly handsome man she had met at the boat slip just half a mile from her house. society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > sailors' songs 1806 Nov. 343/2 The mariners accompany their labours with metrical effusions, and the Polacca is simply the ‘boat song’. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian ix, in 2nd Ser. IV. 193 The..melancholy boat-song of the rowers, coming on the ear with softened and sweeter sound. 1883 Mar. 755/1 He picked on a banjo the air of a Canadian boat-song he had learned in Gaspé the summer before. 1908 May 648/2 The steersman..lifted up his voice and began to keen a boat song. 1989 P. van der Merwe (1992) xxiii. 206 It is introduced as a ‘corn song’ adapted as a boat song, but the reverse is surely true. the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Parazoa > phylum Porifera > [noun] > member of > specific types > spongia equina (velvet sponge) 1854 18 Mar. 414/1 10 cases fine sponge..; 3 bales boat sponge. 1866 2 Nov. 764/2 Now it [sc. Bahamas sponge] is divided into the eight following classes..:—1st, common, or boat sponge, with white or yellow tissue, called in the island sheepwool, and in America carriage sponge. 1918 J. Hergesheimer 60 When the rain stopped, the sailor dropped into the tender and with a boat sponge bailed vigorously. 1965 11 Feb. a18/9 (advt.) Auto or Boat Sponge... 43c. 2001 S. Miller 34 Cut up a large boat sponge into manageable pieces. society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > helmsman or pilot > one who steers whaling boat 1742 448 That no Harpooneer, Line-Manager, Boat-Steerer, or Seaman, who shall be in or belong to any Ship or Vessel, in the Greenland Fishery Trade, shall be impressed from the said Service. 1753 J. Bond in (Royal Soc.) 47 430 The harpooneer, as they call him, sits rowing in the head of the boat, and observes certain silent signals, which the boat-steerer gives him, to inform him, that he is near enough to strike the whale. 1851 H. Melville xxvii. 131 His boat-steerer or harpooner. 1905 W. Baucke 75 An old-time bay whaling station consisted..of at least two boats, with their crew of six men each. The headsman, or mate, four ordinary oarsmen, and the harpooner, or ‘boat-steerer’, who pulled the bow-oar, and drove in the harpoon. 2000 May 96/3 When he and his boat crew did finally approach a whale, it was Chase, not his boatsteerer, Benjamin Lawrence, who held the harpoon. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > other parts of body of vessel > [noun] > foot-rest for rower 1850 Oct. 451/2 The whole of us, save the Judge and the Planter, made a clean charge down upon them—the schooner's men joining us with the oars and boat-stretchers. 1888 W. B. Churchward xii. 220 If they tried to shirk rowing, the chap in the bows or stern would fetch them a crack with the boat-stretcher. 1911 J. London 208 He used a boat-stretcher and a revolver. 1936 R. C. Cabot (rev. ed.) i. 22 Perhaps he did not know what he was doing. He had been hit with a boat stretcher by the chief engineer. 1982 E. Richards 8 Fifty constables went to Burghead but were met by a mob of four or five hundred fishermen armed with bludgeons and boat-stratchers. 1790 J. Latham II. 191 Boat-tailed Grakle. 1850 C. Lyell (ed. 2) II. 150 The boat-tailed grackle (Quisqualus). 1895 C. Bendire 256 The Boat-tailed Grackle, also locally known as the ‘Thrush Blackbird’, ‘Boat-tailed Blackbird’, and ‘Jackdaw’, is an abundant resident in the southern portions of its range. 1954 17 Apr. 42/1 I would have the devil's own time delineating a robin from a Super Constellation, much less a blue-gray gnatcatcher from a boat-tailed grackle. 2009 D. Ackerman 36 Combining a buzzer, caw, and rattle, a female boat-tailed grackle pauses only a second on the ledge before setting out again for gobstoppers. society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > run to connect with a boat 1836 11 Apr. (advt.) Steam Boat Train—Immediately after the arrival of the steam boats of the Transportation Co. at India Point, on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, of each week.] 1850 14 May (advt.) All freight from Boston..should be forwarded over the Eastern Railroad, or lower route..and sent to the Depot one day previous to the Boat trains. 1852 21 Oct. 2/5 The guard..hastened to the station and announced that the boat train was coming. 1947 22 Mar. 52/2 At Waterloo Station, the loudspeaker announced that, owing to a frozen engine, the boat train would be delayed. 2007 C. Wolmar 137 Both companies reserved their best services for the boat trains which were integrated with their own ferries. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > shipyard or boat-yard > [noun] 1708 E. Hatton II. 558/2 The other was so called, in memory of the Blessed Virgin, and Bothaw or Boathaw, i.e. Boat yard was added, because a Yard was formerly near Bowgate, where Boats were made to be used on the River. 1805 in L. Collins & R. H. Collins (1874) I. 408 There are also..a coal yard and a boat yard. 1902 N. Everitt xix. 230 Near the railway bridge boat-yards are located, at each of which boats may be hired. 1960 E. L. Delmar-Morgan vii. 83 Stores in boatyards..are only comparatively dry. 2007 N. Rosen iv. 167 I stopped at the café, housed in a Nissen hut next to the boatyard, where I met some fairly eccentric boat owners. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). BOATn.2 Origin: Formed within English, as an acronym. Etymon: English byway open to all traffic. Etymology: Acronym < the initial letters of byway open to all traffic, a category introduced under the Countryside Act of 1968 (compare quot. 1968). Compare earlier RUPP n. society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, passage, or means of access to a place > [noun] > which one may lawfully use 1968 c.41 Sched. 3 §9(1) In the special review..the definitive map..shall show every road used as a public path by one of the three following descriptions—(a) a ‘byway open to all traffic’, (b) a ‘bridleway’, (c) a ‘footpath’.] 1974 22 Apr. 7/3 If you are walking on a Rupp or a Boat..and a motorcyclist showers you with mud and smoke give him a cheery wave, and try to remember he claims to be preserving the environment for your family. 1988 (Countryside Commission) 3/1 Byways open to all traffic (usually referred to just as ‘byways’ or abbreviated to BOAT). These can legally be used by all types of traffic, including motor and horse-drawn vehicles. 1995 4 June (Review Suppl.) 11/3 Local Authorities are supposed to be reclassifying all RUPPs as BOATs, bridleways, or, occasionally, footpaths. 2003 Sept. 149/2 The route has yet to be recognised as a Byway Open to All Traffic (BOAT) because Defra officials say that cycle evidence should not be used to sanction the motorised use that would undoubtedly follow. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). boatv. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: boat n.1 Etymology: < boat n.1 Compare earlier ship v.1 society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > transport by water [verb (transitive)] > in specific type of craft or by specific propulsion 1508 in J. B. Paul (1902) IV. 131 To..Thomas Peirson quhilk helpit to bote the gunnis that ȝeid to Strivelin. 1642 Earl of Cork 4 On Friday last, Sir Charles Vavisor boated from Cork two Pieces of Ordnance with a party of Musketiers. 1681 22 The Horses..were boated ashore. 1745 J. MacSparran (1899) 27 Grant, Good Lord, I may have better Fortune in boating ys wood than the last. 1811 J. Taylor Remarks Present State Devon in T. Risdon (new ed.) p. xxxiii The rubble boated out of the tunnel. 1816 III. vii. 117 Come boat me o'er, come row me o'er, Come boat me o'er to Charlie! I'll gi' John Ross Another bawbee, To boat me o'er to Charlie! 1849 66 697 I was going to be boated off to a transport. 1891 June 823/2 O'Brien..undertook to drive me, boat me, and tie the flies for me. 1956 S. Plath Let. 23 Apr. in K. Payne (1983) 9 You shall..be boated up to Granchester through weeping willows. 1976 7 Mar. 10/1 Returning Fur Brigades..carried them to Fort Okanogan where they were boated 433 miles down river to Fort Vancouver. 2007 20 July 10/2 Gas flows from Russia or is boated from the Gulf. 2. 1536 in J. B. Paul (1905) VI. 455 Gevin to the pinnouris that botit the cofferis. 1582 in J. D. Marwick (1870) I. 141 The dewties..of all maner of gudes boittitt at the said tovne peir. 1613 A. Sherley 19 [They] left me not vntill I was boated. 1655 J. Lightfoot i. 17 The draught of fishes was got up and boated, and then Iames and Iohn return to the shore again. a1714 Earl of Cromarty Hist. Family Mackenzie in W. Fraser (1876) II. 487 They told they saw him boated and gone. 1775 G. Cartwright 31 July (1792) II. 94 We..killed one hundred and thirty fish, put out another net, and boated three. 1804 T. Thornton 103 In a quarter of an hour, with great difficulty, and by the help of the landing net, boated him. 1894 24 367/2 Harold unshipped an oar and lifted it in beside him, so as to give Redmond every chance to boat the fish. 1949 10 Jan. 98/2 At Bimini he boated the first unmutilated tuna—a 310-pounder—ever caught in those waters on rod and reel. 1971 6 July 7/1 He won a battle with a 19.6-pound spring (chinook) salmon..boating one of the bigger salmon to come from these waters. 2003 Sept. 60 The Expedition 's creel limit of 12 halibut..was boated in about five hours. society > travel > travel by water > propelling boat by oars, paddle, or pole > propel boat by oars, paddle, or pole [verb (transitive)] > row (a boat) > take oar out of rowlock 1837 F. Chamier I. ix. 112 The oars were once more boated. c1860 H. Stuart (rev. ed.) 6 To..toss their oars and boat them. 1916 H. H. Clark ix. 107 In boating his oar, Tibbitts had twice hit Hollis a stinging blow. 1986 W. Barcus ii. 34 He boated his oars for a moment, and wet down the lobster with his bailer before he rowed on again. society > travel > travel by water > [verb (intransitive)] > embark or take ship 1540 in R. Pitcairn (1833) I. i. 228 James Hammiltoun..send his sone to the King, being in jornay towardis Fyff, quho com to him befoir he boited and frauchtit. a1614 J. Melville (1842) 670 No small concourse of people to sie thame boat. a1657 J. Balfour (1824) II. 140 My Lorde wold neuer boate. 4. a. To travel in a boat; to sail, row, etc. Usually with adverbial phrase specifying destination or purpose. society > travel > travel by water > [verb (transitive)] > perform or accomplish by sailing 1623 J. Taylor sig. C4 On Saturday the 23. of August we footed it to Brentfoord, and Boated it to London. 1687 10 [They] would Boat it over to Lambeth. c1700 C. Fiennes (1888) 155 At such floods they are forced in many places to boate it. a1731 E. Ward (1745) 279 An old Asthmatical Counsellor, who had shorten'd his Breath by sucking in Thames Fogs, in boating it to Westminster. 1813 R. Southey II. 110 Nelson himself saw the soundings made..boating it upon this exhausting service, day and night, till it was effected. 1853 E. K. Kane vi. 45 They boat or sledge it from post to post. 1900 P. Lester xix. 390 She..footed it through mud and slush to Virginia Point, boating it to the city, determined to learn the fate of the loved and dear ones. 2005 S. Johnstone et al. (ed. 4) 246 From Split, boat it to Hvar. society > travel > travel by water > [verb (intransitive)] > in specific type of craft ?1630 R. Howard 43 Let me intreat,..In boating ouer Iordan's sacred deep, Yet passe not with them. 1673 J. Ray 19 We boated to Antwerp. 1799 Nov. 925/2 I set off with an intention of walking to the lakes of Llanberris, boating over them, walking round the foot of Snowden, keeping the mountain on the right. 1842 Ld. Tennyson 108 The friendly mist of morn Clung to the lake. I boated over, ran My craft aground. 1869 A. R. Ellis 138 Some gentlefolks whose estates lay round Tours boated across their own fields to see what was happening to their friends within that city. 1953 T. Roscoe iv. 270/2 Buchanan's oarsmen boated across the water to obtain samples of this flotsam. 2004 N. Lord (2007) ix. 207 Another day we boated to the pass called Five-Mile, where the hunters would drive the belugas from the ocean into the lagoon. society > travel > travel by water > [verb (intransitive)] > cruise or sail about 1817 M. Edgeworth II. xx. 29 Lady Norton, Lady Millicent, and Ormond spent their time together—walking, driving in the sociable, or boating on the lake. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Prol. 8 They boated and they cricketed. 1871 May 155 [Others] were boating it on the water, and others lying at their length in their tents. 1898 30 Aug. 4/5 She is devoted to sports and outdoor exercises... She boats and sails. 1939 L. Yutang ii. xxxiv. 558 At the West Lake in Hangchow, we boated and we sang. 1970 Mar. 133/2 Do you boat frequently enough to make a seasonal slip more economical than the cost of trailering? 1991 E. Lax Introd. 4 In Bergen they boated through fjords and visited Edvard Grieg's birthplace. 1839 53 I have boated off and on for two or three years, and while working as a labourer, I have worked in the day, and poached at night. 1854 W. R. Smith III. 343 Mr. John Shaw, of Marquette county, Wisconsin, had boated on the Mississippi, between St. Louis and Prairie du Chien, during the years 1816, '17, '18, '19, and '20. 1885 3 June 2/1 Scores of men who have grown up on the canal are disposing of their boats at a sacrifice, and will boat no longer. 1912 June 453/2 During the time..that I remained with John Warg, of Freemansburg, I boated for him first as driver and in 1844 as commander of a boat. a1976 O. Swain in E. Kytle (1996) 129 I was eight years old when my father quit boating, and I boated for other people from the time I was 15 or 16. society > travel > travel by water > [verb (transitive)] > in specific type of craft 1835 T. T. Stoddart ii. 12 No doubt, lochs may be boated or fished from the banks; a poor fisher in general he is who adopts the latter method. 1847 June 669/1 After leaving the shore, and boating the river Ochota,..they struck into the country. 1850 T. Carlyle V. 32 Said river..can be waded, boated, swum, etc. 1904 A. Grimble I. xiv. 181 Higher up the Doghole and Vanstone are the two best [sc. pools]; they can be waded or boated. 1996 T. Palmer (1998) vii. 198 Rocks piled upon rocks compose America's second-deepest canyon..and the deepest that can be boated. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
