(n.) A boat used by rude nations, formed of trunk of a tree, excavated, by cutting of burning, into a suitable shape. It is propelled by a paddle or paddles, or sometimes by sail, and has no rudder.
(n.) A boat made of bark or skins, used by savages.
(n.) A light pleasure boat, especially designed for use by one who goes alone upon long excursions, including portage. It it propelled by a paddle, or by a small sail attached to a temporary mast.
(v. i.) To manage a canoe, or voyage in a canoe.
Example Sentences:
(1) This involved 29 miles cycling, 12 miles running and finally 18.5 miles canoeing.
(2) The broadcast featured panoramic shots of the hundreds of boats, tugs, cruisers and canoes sailing past the Houses of Parliament during the pageant staged as part of the national celebrations in June.
(3) There was a bit more canoeing to see on the lake after that triumph.
(4) Several privately owned canoe and kayak rental agencies offerguided and independent trips down the Mullica, Batsto, Oswego and Wading rivers.
(5) 2.11am BST Pablo Cesar Cano vs Ashley Theophane The first fight of the night will be Mexican Pablo Cesar Cano against Britain's Ashley Theophane.
(6) Right now those two teams are the Royals and the Oakland Athletics , with Robinson Cano’s Seattle Mariners still alive, albeit on life-support.
(7) Down at the beach, there’s always a canoe arriving on shore with fresh fish; or you can hide yourself way in the pousada’s meditation lounge, content with a soundtrack of tropical birds.
(8) The AP’s first published results were based on samples taken along the shores of the lagoon where rowing and canoeing events will be held.
(9) It is the perfect environment for canoeing, with the warm weather and warm water.
(10) The Netherlands’ Pesse canoe dates from around 10,000 years ago.
(11) Canoeing and kayaking are upper-body sports that make varying demands on the body, depending on the type of contest and the distance covered.
(12) It was a strange purchase considering that Cano is not the kind of player that puts a wild amount of fannies in the seats - he’s just not a marquee draw, for whatever reason, despite his tremendous talents.
(13) On this, my fourth visit, Makoko is as I’ve always known it: the tiny “jetty” from which visitors and residents board dugout canoes into the labyrinths of the floating settlement; the grey-black sludge that passes for lagoon water; the tangle of boats impatiently slithering through the labyrinth of waterways, making the traffic of Makoko reminiscent of the notorious Lagos roads.
(14) Nearly 1,400 of them will be sailing in the waters near Marina da Gloria in Guanabara Bay, swimming off Copacabana beach, and canoeing and rowing on the brackish waters of the Rodrigo de Freitas Lake.
(15) Twelve common Polynesian plants, 8 of which were probably brought in the canoe voyages perhaps 1500 years ago from southern and central Polynesia, constitute the most commonly used plants by Hawaiians for medicinal purposes.
(16) "This has transformed public policy by putting protection of life as an ultimate aim, taking police away from a victory mindset," says Cano.
(17) Each night brought the excitement of finding the perfect camping spot in a grassy dell or spotless beach and the opportunity to explore using the Canadian canoe that we towed behind the raft.
(18) On Saturday night he is on the undercard of a Floyd Mayweather pay-per-view extravaganza in boxing's capital city and, if he beats the very good young Mexican Pablo César Cano, his mentor has promised him he will do everything he can to get him a world title shot at welterweight, a hot division.
(19) And we used to take them canoeing and have camping holidays.
(20) 2.21am BST Pablo Cesar Cano vs Ashley Theophane: Rounds one and two The Mexican started strongly but Theophane came back in the second half of that opening round.
Livery
Definition:
(n.) The act of delivering possession of lands or tenements.
(n.) The writ by which possession is obtained.
(n.) Release from wardship; deliverance.
(n.) That which is delivered out statedly or formally, as clothing, food, etc.
(n.) The uniform clothing issued by feudal superiors to their retainers and serving as a badge when in military service.
(n.) The peculiar dress by which the servants of a nobleman or gentleman are distinguished; as, a claret-colored livery.
(n.) Hence, also, the peculiar dress or garb appropriated by any association or body of persons to their own use; as, the livery of the London tradesmen, of a priest, of a charity school, etc.; also, the whole body or company of persons wearing such a garb, and entitled to the privileges of the association; as, the whole livery of London.
(n.) Hence, any characteristic dress or outward appearance.
(n.) An allowance of food statedly given out; a ration, as to a family, to servants, to horses, etc.
(n.) The feeding, stabling, and care of horses for compensation; boarding; as, to keep one's horses at livery.
(n.) The keeping of horses in readiness to be hired temporarily for riding or driving; the state of being so kept.
(n.) A low grade of wool.
(v. t.) To clothe in, or as in, livery.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is painted all in black, save for three steel roller shutters that each represent a juncture of White's life: one is yellow, a nod to the livery of the upholstery business he started when he was 21; the second is red, the signature colour of his blues-rock band, the White Stripes; the last is blue, the colour he has latterly adopted for his solo career.
(2) I mean, obsessed.” When I visited Burton in the McQueen studio, the floors were still piled high with the distinctive yellow and green livery of the magazine.
(3) Uber succeeds because it can “prey parasitically on established taxicab and livery services” by cutting corners and ignoring laws meant to protect passengers, the plaintiffs said in the suit.
(4) A man stands up, spreads his arms wide and sings: “We love you Brian, we do.” He is instantly joined in the chant by a cluster of zealots dressed, like he is, from bobble hat to weatherproof boots in the royal blue and white livery of Sarpsborg 08 football club.
(5) They flew in on a private Boeing 777 airliner complete with customised "Panda Express" livery; a bespoke cuisine of bamboo, apples, carrots and specially prepared "panda cake"; and private suites of Perspex and steel.
(6) During the seven-year project, it refreshed its planes' liveries, refurbished its premium-class lounges and upgraded cabins in its longhaul aircraft.
(7) Chinese giant pandas have been a hit all around the world but seem to have a special cachet in Taiwan, where animal figures are so much in vogue that the airline company Eva Airways has found that festooning its aircraft in the livery of fictional Japanese figure Hello Kitty provides a powerful boost to sales.
(8) Their green-liveried vehicles also connect Jewish settlements across the green line to each other and to the centre.
(9) Both of the striken planes still had the old livery, so none of the images of the wreckage in Ukraine, or the reconstructions of the missing plane, have featured the new corporate paint job.
(10) Election banners and lorries with party livery line most routes and roundabouts in Baghdad.
(11) Modified methods, using selective organic extraction and absorption-distributional column chromatography, are described for isolation of prostglandines with high yield; the substances were differentiated by means of the methods used into series A, E, F. Use of radioimmunologic method enabled to obtain data on content of prostglandines in blood plasma and in thrombocytes of healthy people and of patients with ischemic heart impairments as well as on content of these substances in rabbit blood plasma, fatty and livery tissues.
(12) Liveried waiters served roast quail on Limoges china and poured Loire Valley wines, properly chilled against the equatorial heat.
(13) British Airways pilot Mitch Preston flew the first 787 in BA livery and is managing the model's entry into service.
(14) The Il-62 s used for VIP transport were previously painted in livery almost identical to that of Air Koryo.
(15) Peace broke out as Red Bull launched their new 2016 livery in London on Wednesday, with Horner saying he had been encouraged by the progress made by Renault in the winter.
(16) Five windows from business class could be seen above the red and blue stripe of Malaysia Airlines livery.
(17) I don’t have any objections to a Jack the Ripper museum, it’s a commercial enterprise like the London Dungeon and Jack the Ripper walking tours, but what I’m miffed about is the fact that we seem to have been completely deceived, in a way that is rather unpleasant.” Above the museum’s black and red livery frontage are two signs made to resemble London’s official English Heritage blue plaques.
(18) Counties lose their names, trains lose their livery, ginger snaps lose their flavour and mint humbugs their sharp corners ... under my derationalisation programme, Yorkshire would get back its Ridings, the red telephone box would be a preserved species, there would be Pullman cars called Edna, a teashop in every high street and a proper card index in the public library."
(19) Brown will stay with the group, known for its hard-nosed sales tactics and fleet of liveried Mini cars, as a non-executive director.
(20) Dressed in a sporty livery of black and white stripes, it was the deserved winner of the Carbuncle Cup for the worst building of the year, "for services to greenwash [those three wind turbines have never moved], urban impropriety and sheer breakfast-extracting ugliness".