(n.) A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail.
(n.) Hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet boat, passage boat, advice boat, etc. The term is sometimes applied to steam vessels, even of the largest class; as, the Cunard boats.
(n.) A vehicle, utensil, or dish, somewhat resembling a boat in shape; as, a stone boat; a gravy boat.
(v. t.) To transport in a boat; as, to boat goods.
(v. t.) To place in a boat; as, to boat oars.
(v. i.) To go or row in a boat.
Example Sentences:
(1) External exposures to a contaminated fishing net and fishing boat are considered pathways for fishermen.
(2) I approached the public inquiry after much soul-searching, weighing up the ramifications of "rocking the boat" with the potential longer-term gains of a more robust and sustainable regulator.
(3) What happened in the past was that if smugglers are sure that European boats are patrolling very close to the Libyan coast, then traffickers use this opportunity to advertise, and say to potential irregular migrants: ‘You will be sure to reach the European coast.
(4) As 1,000 fishing boats were on their way to the islands the Chinese know as Diaoyu and the Japanese call the Senkaku, the People's Daily warned on Monday that the incident could lead to a full-blown trade boycott.
(5) "And if you're pursuing music as the equivalent of your nine-to-five, and you'd quite like to be doing that for years to come, it's in your interest not to rock the boat."
(6) Morrison and Operation Sovereign Borders commander Lieutenant General Angus Campbell continued to insist that their refusal to answer questions about “on water matters” was essential to meet the overriding goal of stopping asylum seeker boats, and said from now on such briefings on the policy would be held when needed, rather than every week because the “establishment phase” had finished.
(7) The Queen Boat case was one of three big sex stories that helped to squeeze bad news out of the papers around the same time.
(8) Labor’s left faction is yet to settle its position on the politically controversial issue of turning back asylum-seeker boats , ahead of the party’s national conference at the end of the month.
(9) The Coalition and Labor share the policy of not offering resettlement to people who try to reach Australia by boat.
(10) Among possible causes for the increase in deaths in the Mediterranean this year, the agency cited a worsening quality of vessels and smugglers’ tactics to avoid detection by authorities, such as sending many boats out at the same time, which makes the work of rescuers harder.
(11) For a while yesterday, Hazel Blears's selfishly-timed resignation with her rude "rock the boat" brooch send shudders of revulsion through some in the party.
(12) Another 500 people were rescued from four different boats on Tuesday, the coastguard said in a statement.
(13) The prime minister, Tony Abbott , said on Thursday he was comfortable with being accused of secrecy on asylum seeker policy so long as the policies succeeded in stopping the boats.
(14) • earthseasky.org North Zakynthos Potamitis Brothers, North Zakynthos Where to stay: Potamitis Brothers The brothers run boat trips (see below), but also own some rather special accommodation perched on the cliffs of Cape Skinari on the northern tip of Zakynthos.
(15) I must say that for the time being we are still missing some boats and aerial means.
(16) Spencer has now heard that Andy, who got the boat remember, has been cracking on to Louise, even though Jamie warned him it would be like jumping into a polar bear's nest.
(17) It was quoted in the grand jury indictment, and later a larger portion was included in one of the prosecution’s filings in the case: Facebook Twitter Pinterest Thermal image released by the Massachusetts State Police Air Wing, shows the boat in which Jahar hid.
(18) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Fishing boats moored in the harbour at Clovelly.
(19) Five men were confined on a boat for fourteen days.
(20) First, the argument that balanced budgets and economic growth inevitably lead to a fairer society because “all boats rise on a rising tide”.
Galley
Definition:
(n.) A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not
(n.) A large vessel for war and national purposes; -- common in the Middle Ages, and down to the 17th century.
(n.) A name given by analogy to the Greek, Roman, and other ancient vessels propelled by oars.
(n.) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure.
(n.) One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.
(n.) The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel; -- sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.
(n.) An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.
(n.) An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc.
(n.) A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.
Example Sentences:
(1) When Grant finished the manuscript in July 1885, it was rushed into galley proof.
(2) Don't just rely on Twitter or Facebook Ben Galley became a self-published author at 22 and is currently making a modest living selling his fantasy ebooks and offering "Shelf Help" , a consultancy for other aspiring authors (sessions via Skype, phone or face to face from £50 to £199).
(3) It gets even skinnier at the back, where the galley kitchen is a mere 62 inches, or 5ft 2 across, but despite its slender proportions, the 466sq ft property in Denmark Hill was put on the market for £450,000.
(4) Galley, who stood as a Tory candidate for Sunderland council in 2004, has not been charged, but he has been suspended from his Home Office job while the investigation carries on.
(5) The major art galley in central San Francisco that has shown Ferlinghetti's work for two decades is closing because it can't afford the new rent.
(6) Galley, who is now in hiding from journalists, was arrested on November 19.
(7) Profile: Christopher Galley Christopher Galley, 26, the junior Home Office civil servant at the centre of the Damian Green affair, stood as a Conservative council candidate in 2004 and unsuccessfully applied for a job with the party's immigration spokesman, it emerged.
(8) Spread may have been facilitated by the limited availability of toilet facilities for the galley crew.
(9) A junior Home Office official, Christopher Galley, was arrested on November 18 in relation to the same alleged offences as Green, and he was released on bail.
(10) Open daily 11.30am-10pm The Cuban Sandwich Factory Facebook Twitter Pinterest This Cuban-owned joint is alive with Latin music and rapid-fire Spanish instructions issuing from its small galley kitchen, and its food (mainly pressed, toasted Cuban sandwiches) is equally vibrant.
(11) Photograph: PR The forward galley’s catering facilities have wine glasses for an in-flight tipple while the bathroom includes a shower and a vacuum lavatory.
(12) Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Gulfstream jet’s galley.
(13) The findings so far from Galley's ongoing research into gender biases in social work are far from simple.
(14) There's a welcome revival happening on the indie scene with literary platforms such as Brixton Bookjam , Black Book Swap and Words of Colour , as well as publishing houses And Other Stories, Galley Beggar Press, Jacaranda Books, and Unbound, whose author Paul Kingsnorth receives a Booker nod for The Wake .
(15) The premier, said Khodorkovsky, was helmsman of a galley which "sails right over people's destinies" and "over which, more and more, the citizens of Russia seem to see a black pirate flag flying".
(16) I always make sure I can see the Twitter screen on my laptop when I am writing,” self-publishing author Ben Galley declares, just one of an army of unpaid e-authors who rise at dawn to promote themselves on social media before their paid job.
(17) He said yesterday: "The two men I shared a cabin with already knew, the whole galley knew.
(18) Unlike many authors, Galley stays online even when he is writing.
(19) David Galley and Margarete Parrish will be discussing some of the implications for academics and social work practitioners during their presentation at the Joint Social Work and Social Education conference .
(20) From 17 or 18, to 20 I was also the cook on the boat, making meals on the stove in a little galley – lasagnes, roasts and spaghetti bolognese.