Talk:Iowa/@comment-26441734-20160302033033/@comment-261125-20160305013618

BOAT noun They lowered the boats for evacuation.
 * 1) a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
 * 2) a small ship, generally for specialized use
 * 3) a small vessel carried for use by a large one, as a lifeboat :
 * 1) a ship.
 * 2) a vessel of any size built for navigation on a river or other inland body of water.