Reverse Dictionary: BOAT

ADJECTIVES
1470 ► NAVIGAL affording passage for boats or ships; navigable → obs.
1656 ► NAVICULAR pert. to or connected with boats → obs.
1687 ► TICKLISH easily capsized; said of a boat 
1702 ► CRANK of a boat or ship: liable to tip or capsize; unsteady → Amer. dial.
1898 ► RANK top-heavy; said of a boat → Sc.

NOUNS
1330 ► BATELLE a small boat, a skiff → obs.
1425 ► GUBERNACLE a rudder of a boat or ship → obs.
1470 ► BARGE a rowing-boat; a ferry-boat → obs.
1483 ► NACELLE a small boat → obs.
1540 ► SKERRY a small boat → obs.
1553 ► TAIL the stern of a boat or ship → obs.
1590 ► SKIPPET a small boat or skiff → obs.
1590 ► WAFTAGE conveyance across water by boat or ship 
1598 ► BARK a rowing boat; formerly a large flat boat, a barge → poetic usage
1611 ► TILT an awning over a boat 
1614 ► WALNUT-SHELL a light, fragile boat 
1785 ► LARK a boat → cant
..19C ► I’M AFLOAT a boat → rhyming sl.
1849 ► DINKEY → DINKY a small rowboat; an old, clumsy boat → Amer. dial.
.M19 ► CANALLER a canal boat → sl., orig. US
1853 ► AGUN-BOAT a steamer → Anglo-Indian
1866 ► FAIRLOCK a boat, in fishermen’s language → Sc. obs.
1879 ► SHANTY → SHANTY-BOAT an old, clumsy boat; a houseboat, esp. a crudely built one → Amer. dial.
1880 ► NOVIE BOAT a large, low-cost lobster boat built in Nova Scotia 
1880 ► WUSSER a canal boat 
1884 ► TWO-STICKER a two-masted boat → colloq.
1894 ► FAIR a boat, in fishermen’s language → Sc. obs.
..L19 ► FACE a boat race. esp. the Oxford and Cambridge → rhyming sl.
1899 ► HANK the leeside of a boat → Sc.
..20C ► GUN a large surfboat for riding big waves → Aust. sl.
1900 ► FAR → FARR a boat → Sc. (Bk.)
1903 ► LET-BOAT a rental boat → Amer. dial.
1903 ► RIGGER a racing boat → Durham School usage (Bk.)
1904 ► REEVER a swift boat; anything large and quickly moving → Sc. (Bk.)
1904 ► SCOUT a small boat → Sc. obs. (Bk.)
1905 ► RAM the keel of a boat → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► YIRKIN the side of a boat → N. Ireland (Bk.)
1916 ► HACK an old, slow, or dilapidated boat or ship → Amer. sl.
1930 ► NANNY (GOAT)  a boat → rhyming sl.
1942 ► MUTTERBOAT a motor boat → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► PUTT-PUTT a motor boat → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► SEA SLED a motor boat → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► SPEED BURNER a speedboat → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1960 ► TINNIE → TINNY a small aluminium boat → Aust. sl.
1965 ► ARK an old, clumsy boat  → Amer. dial., jocular usage
1965 ► BOILING WATER a boat’s wake → Amer. dial.
1965 ► COW TROFT an old, clumsy boat → Amer. dial.
1966 ► HAG-BOAT an old, clumsy boat → Amer. dial.
1968 ► BOY DROWNDER an unsafe old boat → Amer. dial.
1969 ► COFFEE GRINDER an outboard motor → Amer. dial.
1969 ► COWSUCKER an old, clumsy boat → Amer. dial.
1970 ► CATTLE BOAT a party boat → US commercial fishermen’s usage

NOUNS, PERSON
1767 ► BIRTHMAN a boatman → Sc. obs.
1770 ► PADDLER a person who paddles a boat, canoe, etc. 
1825 ► BATWARD a boatman; literally, a boatkeeper → Sc.
1835 ► JACK IN THE WATER a handy man at a boat-house or landing-stage; a waterman’s attendant, who helps passengers on and off boats → colloq.
.M19 ► CANALLER a person who lives on a canal boat → sl., orig. US
1854 ► BARCAROLE an Italian boatman 
1855 ► BAT-SWAIN an Anglo-Saxon expression for boatswain; a sailor → obs. (Bk.)
1890 ► BEACH-COMBER a river boatman; in the Pacific any kind of sailor adventurer → sl. (Bk.)
1896 ► JACK an attendant at a boat-house (Bk.)
1908 ► MOTOR-BOATIST a person who uses a motor boat 

VERBS
1377 ► LEAD to guide or steer a boat; to guide or drive a carriage → obs.
1377 ► WAG to rock; said of a boat or ship 
1515 ► LANCE to launch a boat → obs.
1866 ► ANDOO to keep a boat stationary by gentle motion of the oars; to keep a boat in position by rowing gently against wind or tide → Sc.
1881 ► TITTUP to toss with abrupt jerky movements; said of a boat 
1887 ► TAKE DOWN to launch a boat → Sc.
1890 ► CHOMP to move vigorously forward; said of a boat → Amer. dial.
1904 ► SALLY to sway a boat; to move or run from side to side → Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1975 ► MOVE UNDER AN ASHEN SAIL to row a boat → Can.
1989 ► WALK to move a boat sideways → US sl.
1990 ► OIL-CAN to make a hollow booming sound striking the water; said of a boat → US sl.