Canoe
Canoe , noun
[Sp. canoa, from 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.
Others devised the boat of one tree, called the canoe.
2.
A boat made of bark or skins, used by savages.
A birch canoe, with paddles, rising, falling, on the water.
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.
canoe (kȧ*no") , intransitive verb
To manage a canoe, or voyage in a canoe.