Vocabulary : Boastive to Boatful
Boastive : Presumptuous.Boastless : Without boasting or ostentation.
Boat : A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail. ;; 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. ;; A vehicle, utensil, or dish, somewhat resembling a boat in shape; as, a stone boat; a gravy boat. ;; To transport in a boat; as, to boat goods. ;; To place in a boat; as, to boat oars. ;; To go or row in a boat.
Boat bug : An aquatic hemipterous insect of the genus Notonecta; -- so called from swimming on its back, which gives it the appearance of a little boat. Called also boat fly, boat insect, boatman, and water boatman.
Boat shell : A marine gastropod of the genus Crepidula. The species are numerous. It is so named from its form and interior deck. ;; A marine univalve shell of the genus Cymba.
