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Definition of Boats
1. boat [v] - See also: boat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Boats
Literary usage of Boats
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1907)
"Buffalo and NY, by boats carrying full cargoes of wheat easterly at 4 ... No.
of boats registered in comptroller's office as navigating several canals. ..."
2. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"The result has been the capture of the Spanish frigate Pomona, of thirty-eight
guns, with a complement of 347 men, and the destruction of twelve gun-boats, ..."
3. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1906)
"According to a general custom, which is, immunity however, not recognised by
Great Britain, coast fishing-boats, in contradistinction to boats engaged in ..."