large boat (noun)
101ice anchor — noun : a small anchor usually having one fluke and used for mooring a boat to ice * * * a large, hooklike device for setting in ice to anchor a vessel or to provide a hold for a hawser in warping it along. Also called ice drag. [1765 75] * * *… …
102mutton ham — noun 1. chiefly Scotland : a leg of mutton cured like a ham 2. Midland : a large sail on a fishing boat * * * mutton ham noun A salted leg of mutton • • • Main Entry: ↑mutton …
103boatload — noun Date: 1664 1. a load that fills a boat 2. an indefinitely large number < a boatload of money > …
104dugout — noun Date: 1819 1. a boat made by hollowing out a large log 2. a. a shelter dug in a hillside; also a shelter dug in the ground and roofed with sod b. an area in the side of a trench for quarters, storage, or protection 3. either of two low… …
105longboat — noun Date: 15th century a large oared boat usually carried by a merchant sailing ship …
106runner — noun Date: 14th century 1. a. one that runs ; racer b. base runner c. ballcarrier 2. a. messenger b. one that smuggles or distributes illicit or contraband goods (as drugs, liquor, or guns) 3. any of …
107scow — noun Etymology: Dutch schouw; akin to Old High German scalta punt pole Date: 1669 a large flat bottomed boat with broad square ends used chiefly for transporting bulk material (as ore, sand, or refuse) …
108wherry — noun (plural wherries) Etymology: Middle English whery Date: 15th century 1. any of various light boats: as a. a long light rowboat made sharp at both ends and used to transport passengers on rivers and about harbors b. a racing scull for one… …
109rusk — noun /ɹʌsk/ a) a rectangular, hard, dry biscuit ...he brought a large basket of rusk or biscuit, and three jars of fresh water, into the boat. b) a twice baked bread, slices of bread baked until they are hard and crisp (also called a zwieback)… …
110dory — noun a) A small flat bottomed boat used for fishing both offshore and on rivers. b) Any of several different families of large eyed, silvery, deep bodied, laterally compressed, and roughly discoid marine fish …
