BOATING
Boat"ing, n.

1. The act or practice of rowing or sailing, esp. as an amusement; carriage in boats.

2. In Persia, a punishment of capital offenders, by laying them on the back in a covered boat, where they are left to perish.

BOATION
Bo*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. boatus, fr. boare to roar.]

Defn: A crying out; a roaring; a bellowing; reverberation. [Obs.] The guns were heard . . . about a hundred Italian miles, in long boations. Derham.

BOATMAN
Boat"man, n.; pl. Boatmen (.

1. A man who manages a boat; a rower of a boat. As late the boatman hies him home. Percival.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A boat bug. See Boat bug.

BOATMANSHIP
Boat"man*ship, n.