bo't

Virgin'y five years befo 'de Wah, Jedge Harris here in Wilkes County went up ter Virgin'y an' bo't dem frum de Putnams an 'bro't 'em home wid him.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration

'Mistess, I can't lie over that; you bo't that silver plate when you sole my three children.'

A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences Laura S. Haviland

She never came out to warn us off nor anything, and I thought, as I hauled the bo't up on a wave and let the Reverend Mr. Dimmick step out, that it was somethin 'gained to be safe ashore.

Poor Joanna 1910

I knocked him right over into the bottom o 'the bo't, getting by to catch hold of the sheet an' untie it.

Poor Joanna 1910

He had picked up some round stones and things and was carrying them in his pocket-handkerchief; an 'he sat down amidships without making any question, and let me take the rudder an' work the bo't, an 'made no remarks for some time, until we sort of eased it off speaking of the weather, an' subjects that arose as we skirted Black Island, where two or three families lived belongin 'to the parish.

The Hermitage 1910

Yes, she desired him to come for the sheep; an 'his wife thought perhaps Joanna' d return, but he said no, an 'lo'ded the bo't with warm things an' what he thought she 'd need through the winter.

Poor Joanna 1910

I ain't nothin 'like so handy with a conveyance as I be with a good bo't.

The Great Expedition 1910

I don't want no abler bo't than a good dory, an 'a nice light breeze ain't goin' to make no sea; an 'Johnny 's my cousin's son, —mother' ll like to have him come; an 'he' ll be down to the herrin 'weirs all the time we' re there, anyway; we don't want to carry no men folks havin 'to be considered every minute an' takin 'up all our time.

Green Island 1910

He kep 'enlistin', and traveled far an 'wide about here, an' even took the bo't and went to Boston to volunteer; but he ain't a sound man, an 'they would n't have him.

The Bowden Reunion 1910

"Your bo't ain't trimmed proper, Mis 'Todd!" exclaimed a voice from shore.

Green Island 1910