BOAT-HOOK, noun [boat and hook.] an iron hook with a point on the back, fixed to a long pole, to pull or push a boat.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI
boat-hook
Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
More founding-era words: liberty · virtue · republic · justice · providence · commerce · militia · arms · prudence · establishment · religion · usurpation · tyranny · citizen · unalienable · sovereign