CANOE
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Ca*noe" (?), n.; pl. Canoes (#). [Sp. canoa, fr. Caribbean canáoa.] 1. A boat used by rude nations, formed of trunk of a tree, excavated, by cutting of burning, into a suitable shape. It is propelled by a paddle or paddles, or sometimes by sail, and has no rudder.
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Others devised the boat of one tree, called the canoe.
Raleigh.
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2. A boat made of bark or skins, used by savages.
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A birch canoe, with paddles, rising, falling, on the water.
Longfellow.
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3. A light pleasure boat, especially designed for use by one who goes alone upon long excursions, including portage. It it propelled by a paddle, or by a small sail attached to a temporary mast.
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ca*noe" (k&adot_;*n&oō_;"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Canoed (k&adot_;*n&oō_;d") p. pr. & vb. n. Canoeing (k&adot_;*n&oō_;"ĭng).] To manage a canoe, or voyage in a canoe.
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