Boat

(20), n. [D. & Ger. boot, A-S. bât, Icel. bâtr, beit, Sw. båt, Dan. baad, W. bâd, Ir. bad, Gael. bata, It. batto, battello, Sp. batel and bote, Pr. batelh, Fr. bateau.]

1. A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by oars, or rowing, but often by a sail.
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, &c. The term is sometimes applied to steam-vessels, even of the largest class; as, the Collins boats.