Word Meanings - BOATMAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A boat bug. See Boat bug. (more info) 1. A man who manages a boat; a rower of a boat. As late the boatman hies him home. Percival.
Related words: (words related to BOATMAN)
- BOATMANSHIP
The art of managing a boat. - BOATMAN
A boat bug. See Boat bug. (more info) 1. A man who manages a boat; a rower of a boat. As late the boatman hies him home. Percival. - ROWER
One who rows with an oar. - GROWER
One who grows or produces; as, a grower of corn; also, that which grows or increases; as, a vine may be a rank or a slow grower. - HARROWER
One who harrows. - WOOLGROWER
One who raises sheep for the production of wool. -- Wool"grow`ing, n. - NARROWER
One who, or that which, narrows or contracts. Hannah More. - THROWER
One who throws. Specifically: One who throws or twists silk; a throwster. One who shapes vessels on a throwing engine. - FROWER
A tool. See 2d Frow. Tusser. - WATER BOATMAN
A boat bug. - BURROWER
One who, or that which, burrows; an animal that makes a hole under ground and lives in it. - BORROWER
One who borrows. Neither a borrower nor a lender be. Shak.