[1] : 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 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

boat hook
     n : pole-handled hook used to pull or push boats

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