n. A small vessel or water-craft; especially, a small open vessel moved by oars.n. Any vessel for navigation: usually described by another word or by a prefix denoting its use or mode of propulsion: as, a packet-boat, passage-boat, steamboat, etc. The term is frequently applied colloquially to vessels even of the largest size.n. Any open dish or vessel resembling a boat: as, a gravy-boat; a butter-boat.n. In the Roman Catholic Church, the vessel containing the incense to be placed in the thurible when needed.To transport in a boat: as, to boat goods across a lake.To provide with boats.To go in a boat; row.n. A narrow, shallow vessel of platinum or porcelain which serves to hold a substance that is to be subjected to ultimate analysis, or to the action of gases, and which for that purpose is placed in a glass or porcelain tube.n. A small device attached to each side of a loom for weaving a plain selvage in a fabric having a twill or figured weave.