scow

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Shooting rapids in a scow is a very different matter from riding through them on a plank The King Rod Truss Illustration: Fig.

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  1. noun A large flatbottom boat with square ends, used chiefly for transporting freight.

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  • Shooting rapids in a scow is a very different matter from riding through them on a plank The King Rod Truss Illustration: Fig. —  The Scientific American Boy The Camp at Willow Clump Island
  • As the sides of the scow were a little higher than usual, and the interior of the cabin had no more elevation than was necessary for comfort, this unusual addition had neither a very clumsy nor a very obtrusive appearance. —  The Deerslayer
  • The motion of the scow was then checked, when it was brought head to wind, by the action of the breeze. —  The Deerslayer
  • Although Chingachgook had been closely watching his enemies for hours, their sudden and close pursuit as he reached the scow was as much a matter of surprise to himself, as it had been to his friend. —  The Deerslayer
  • In his nervous zeal he encouraged more than his sailing capacity would admit, and when the scow was almost crowded he saw to his dismay that the —  The End of the Rainbow
 

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  1. Dutch schouw, from Middle Dutch scouwe.

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  1. Also sometimes skow, skew; from Dutch schouw, a ferry-boat, punt, scow.
  2. from scow, n.
 

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