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Boat (bōt), n. [OE. boot, bat, AS. bāt; akin to Icel. bātr, Sw. båt, 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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    ☞ 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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    ☞ 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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Painter (pāntẽr), n. [OE, pantere a noose, snare, F. pantière, LL. panthera, L. panther a hunting net, fr. Gr. πανθήρα; πᾶς  all + θήρ beast; cf. Ir. painteir a net, gin, snare, Gael. painntear.] (Naut.) A rope at the bow of a boat, used to fasten it to anything.  Totten.

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Painter, n. [Corrupt. of panther.] (Zool.) The panther, or puma. [A form representing an illiterate pronunciation, U. S.]  J. F. Cooper.

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Painter, n. [See 1st Paint.] One whose occupation is to paint; esp.: (a) One who covers buildings, ships, ironwork, and the like, with paint. (b) An artist who represents objects or scenes in color on a flat surface, as canvas, plaster, or the like.

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    Painter's colic. (Med.) See Lead colic, under Colic. -- Painter stainer. (a) A painter of coats of arms. Crabb. (b) A member of a livery company or guild in London, bearing this name.

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Puma (pūmȧ), n. [Peruv. puma.] (Zool.) A large American carnivore (Felis concolor), found from Canada to Patagonia, especially among the mountains. Its color is tawny, or brownish yellow, without spots or stripes. Called also catamount, cougar, American lion, mountain lion, and panther or painter.

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