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Found 2 hits - Term: advice boat, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
advice \advice"\, n. oe. avis, f. avis; ? + of. vis, fr. l.
   visum seemed, seen; really p. p. of videre to see, so that
   vis meant that which has seemed best. see vision, and cf.
   avise, advise.
   1. an opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be
      followed; counsel.
      1913 webster

            we may give advice, but we can not give conduct.
                                                  --franklin.
      1913 webster

   2. deliberate consideration; knowledge. obs.
      1913 webster

            how shall i dote on her with more advice,
            that thus without advice begin to love her? --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. information or notice given; intelligence; as, late
      advices from france; -- commonly in the plural.
      1913 webster

   note: in commercial language, advice usually means
         information communicated by letter; -- used chiefly in
         reference to drafts or bills of exchange; as, a letter
         of advice. --mcelrath.
         1913 webster

   4. crim. law counseling to perform a specific illegal act.
      --wharton.
      1913 webster

   advice boat, a vessel employed to carry dispatches or to
      reconnoiter; a dispatch boat.

   to take advice.
      a to accept advice.
      b to consult with another or others.
          1913 webster

   syn: counsel; suggestion; recommendation; admonition;
        exhortation; information; notice.
        1913 webster
see also:
vision avise advise advice boat to take advice 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
boat \boat\ b=ot, n. oe. boot, bat, as. b=at; akin to
   icel. b=atr, sw. bat, dan. baad, d.  g. boot. cf.
   bateau.
   1913 webster
   1. a small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars
      or paddles, but often by a sail.
      1913 webster

   note: different kinds of boats have different names; as,
         canoe, yawl, wherry, pinnace, punt, etc.
         1913 webster

   2. hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive
      of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet
      boat, passage boat, advice boat, etc. the term is
      sometimes applied to steam vessels, even of the largest
      class; as, the cunard boats.
      1913 webster

   3. a vehicle, utensil, or dish, somewhat resembling a boat in
      shape; as, a stone boat; a gravy boat.
      1913 webster

   note: boat is much used either adjectively or in combination;
         as, boat builder or boatbuilder; boat building or
         boatbuilding; boat hook or boathook; boathouse; boat
         keeper or boatkeeper; boat load; boat race; boat
         racing; boat rowing; boat song; boatlike; boat-shaped.
         1913 webster

   advice boat. see under advice.

   boat hook naut., an iron hook with a point on the back,
      fixed to a long pole, to pull or push a boat, raft, log,
      etc. --totten.

   boat rope, a rope for fastening a boat; -- usually called a
      painter.

   in the same boat, in the same situation or predicament.
      colloq. --f. w. newman.
      1913 webster
see also:
bateau advice boat advice boat hook boat rope painter 
in the same boat 

Results 1 - 7 of 7 found about advice boat:

Advice >> A Words
Advice, definition of term: Advice
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Boat >> B Words
Boat, definition of term: Boat
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Pilot Boat >> P Words
Pilot Boat, definition of term: Pilot Boat
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Pt Boat >> P Words
Pt Boat, definition of term: Pt Boat
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Patrol Boat >> P Words
Patrol Boat, definition of term: Patrol Boat
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Packet Boat >> P Words
Packet Boat, definition of term: Packet Boat
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Peter Boat >> P Words
Peter Boat, definition of term: Peter Boat
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