The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Boat

Sea Terms

A small vessel propelled by oars or sails and termed respectively, a row-boat or a sail-boat; a freight or passenger steam vessel built for the navigation of rivers and harbors is called a steam-boat, without reference to size; a vessel used on canals is called a canal-boat.

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