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.
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we may give advice, but we can not give conduct.
--franklin.
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2. deliberate consideration; knowledge. obs.
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how shall i dote on her with more advice,
that thus without advice begin to love her? --shak.
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3. information or notice given; intelligence; as, late
advices from france; -- commonly in the plural.
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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.
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4. crim. law counseling to perform a specific illegal act.
--wharton.
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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.
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syn: counsel; suggestion; recommendation; admonition;
exhortation; information; notice.
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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.
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1. a small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars
or paddles, but often by a sail.
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note: different kinds of boats have different names; as,
canoe, yawl, wherry, pinnace, punt, etc.
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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.
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3. a vehicle, utensil, or dish, somewhat resembling a boat in
shape; as, a stone boat; a gravy boat.
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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.
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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.
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see also:
bateau advice boat advice boat hook boat rope painter
in the same boat
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Advice, definition of term: Advice
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Boat, definition of term: Boat
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Pilot Boat, definition of term: Pilot Boat
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Pt Boat, definition of term: Pt Boat
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Patrol Boat, definition of term: Patrol Boat
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Packet Boat, definition of term: Packet Boat
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Peter Boat, definition of term: Peter Boat
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