2. Navigable for boats, or small river craft.

The boatable waters of the Alleghany.

J. Morse.

Boat"age (&?;), n. Conveyance by boat; also, a charge for such conveyance.

Boat"bill` (&?;), n. (Zoöl.) 1. A wading bird (Cancroma cochlearia) of the tropical parts of South America. Its bill is somewhat like a boat with the keel uppermost.

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