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  • (noun) - (1) A boat used in pioneer times by a family in emigrating down rivers, especially the Ohio and Mississippi. --Mitford Mathews' Dictionary of Americanisms, 1956 (2) The crafts are square arks nine or ten feet wide, and varying in length as occasion may require. They are roofed all over, except a portion of the fore part, where two persons row. --James Flint's Letters From America, 1822

    April 22, 2018