Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Vessels and boats plying on water.

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Examples

  • And he was glad that Karduk came from the Great Fog Sea, where there were no trees or bushes, and where men learned water-craft instead of land - craft and wood-craft.

    NEGORE, THE COWARD 2010

  • With his leadership, the USN developed reliable and safe nuclear propulsion for water-craft — especially compared to Russian efforts.

    Wiffle Ball Progress Edstock 2009

  • With his leadership, the USN developed reliable and safe nuclear propulsion for water-craft — especially compared to Russian efforts.

    Archive 2009-07-01 Edstock 2009

  • Surveys marine vessels and water-craft, such as ships, boats, tankers, and dredges, to ascertain condition of hull, machinery, equipment, and equipage, to determine repairs required for vessel to meet requirements for insuring.

    Discover What You’re Best At Linda Gale 1998

  • One, of fifty-five kilometres, extends between Chauny and Janville, and has been generally abandoned by water-craft because of the opening of the

    The Automobilist Abroad

  • A youngster wants to know how to build a boat, and you find him Folkard on Boats, or Frazar's Sail-boats, which describe and figure various styles of water-craft.

    A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries Ainsworth Rand Spofford

  • Hitherto, in naval operations, mosquito water-craft, such as torpedo-boats, have been employed in this service.

    Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot

  • Merely from their knowledge of wood-craft and water-craft, it would be a sheer waste of material to keep them in garrison.

    History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens George Washington Williams

  • Up, up into the air soared the big biplane, and from the lake she had left came a blast of saluting whistles from the water-craft that thus paid tribute to a sister vessel.

    Dick Hamilton's Airship, or, a Young Millionaire in the Clouds Howard Roger Garis 1917

  • All people that have to do with water-craft are superstitious about some things, and I freely acknowledge that times innumerable I have "whistled up" a wind when dead calm threatened, or stuck a jack-knife in the mast, and afterwards watched with great contentment the idle sail fill, and the canoe pull out to a light breeze.

    Legends of Vancouver 1911

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