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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Boating \Boat"ing\, noun
1. The act or practice of rowing or sailing, esp. as an amusement; carriage in boats.
2. In Persia, a punishment of capital offenders, by laying them on the back in a covered boat, where they are left to perish.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Boat \Boat\ (b[=o]t), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Boated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Boating}.]
1. To transport in a boat; as, to boat goods.
2. To place in a boat; as, to boat oars.
{To boat the oars}. See under {Oar}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
boating
noun: water travel for pleasure [syn: {yachting}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "boating": canoeing, circumnavigation, coasting, cruising, gunkholing, motorboating, navigability, navigating, navigation, passage-making, periplus, rowing, sailing, sculling, sea travel, seafaring, steaming, travel by water, voyaging, water travel, yachting
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