mail boat
11mail coach — Synonyms and related words: autobus, bus, cab, carrier, carrier pigeon, chartered bus, diligence, double decker, hack, hired car, homer, homing pigeon, jitney, mail car, mail packet, mail train, mail truck, mailer, mailplane, motor coach,… …
12mail — mail1 /mayl/, n. 1. letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system: Storms delayed delivery of the mail. 2. a single collection of such letters, packages, etc., as sent or delivered: to open one s mail; to find… …
13mail´less — mail1 «mayl», noun, verb, adjective. –n. 1. letters, postcards, papers, and parcels to be sent by post: »The postman rested his sack of mail on the ledge under the mailbox. 2. the system by which such mail is sent; post. It is managed in the… …
14mail — I. /meɪl / (say mayl) noun 1. letters, packages, etc., arriving or sent by post. 2. the system of transmission of letters, etc., by post. 3. a train or boat by which postal matter is carried. 4. Colloquial a rumour. –adjective 5. of or relating… …
15packet boat — noun a boat for carrying mail • Syn: ↑mailboat, ↑mail boat, ↑packet • Hypernyms: ↑boat * * * noun also packet ship 1 …
16Dak boat — Dak Dak (d[add]k or d[aum]k), n. [Hind. [dsdot][=a]k.] Post; mail; also, the mail or postal arrangements; spelt also {dawk}, and {dauk}. [India] [1913 Webster] {Dak boat}, a mail boat. Percy Smith. {Dak bungalow}, a traveler s rest house at the… …
17Packet boat — packet pack et (p[a^]k [e^]t), n. [F. paquet, dim. fr. LL. paccus, from the same source as E. pack. See {Pack}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Originally, a… …
18Flying boat — Infobox Aviation name=Flying boat caption=Short S23 C Class or Empire Flying BoatA flying boat is a specialised form of aircraft that is designed to take off from and land on water, using its fuselage as a floating hull. Such aircraft are… …
19Dispatch boat — Dispatch boats were small boats, and sometimes large ships, tasked to carry military dispatches from ship to ship or from ship to shore or, in some cases from shore to shore. Dispatch boats were employed when other means of transmitting a message …
2079th Street Boat Basin — The 79th Street Boat Basin is a marina located in the Hudson River on the Upper West Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan, on Riverside Park at the foot of West 79th Street. Maintained and operated by the New York City Department of… …
