Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - boat

 I. noun  Etymology: Middle English boot, from Old English bat; akin to Old Norse beit ~  Date: before 12th century  1.  a. a small vessel for travel on water  b. ship  2. a ~-shaped container, utensil, or device a gravy ~ a laboratory ~  • ~ful noun  • ~like adjective  II. verb  Date: 1613  transitive verb to place in or bring into a ~  intransitive verb to go by ~