n. A large flat-bottomed boat, having broad, square ends.
v. To transport in a scow.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A large flat-bottomed boat, having broad, square ends.
v. To transport in a scow.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A kind of large flat-bottomed boat used chiefly as a lighter; a pram.
n. A small boat made of willows, etc., and covered with skins; a ferry-boat.
To transport in a scow.
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n. any of various flat-bottomed boats with sloping ends
n. a barge carrying bulk materials in an open hold
Word Usage
"By the time I was sixteen I was sailing in scow-schooners, fishing salmon with the Greeks up the Sacramento River, and serving as sailor on the Fish Patrol."