Ca*noe" (?), n.; pl. Canoes (#). [Sp. canoa, fr. Caribbean can�xa0;oa.]
1.
A boat used by rude nations, formed of trunk of a tree, excavated, by cutting or burning, into a suitable shape. It is propelled by a paddle or paddles, or sometimes by sail, and has no rudder.
Others devised the boat of one tree, called the canoe.
Raleigh.
2.
A boat made of bark or skins, used by savages.
A birch canoe, with paddles, rising, falling, on the water.
Longfellow.
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" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Canoed (?) p. pr. & vb. n. Canoeing ().]
To manage a canoe, or voyage in a canoe.
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