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spyboat

spyboat noun: a boat sent to make discoveries and bring intelligence.

Noun

spyboat (plural spyboats)

  1. A boat sent to make discoveries and bring intelligence.
    • Mr. Huet thinks that the custom they had of giving the colour of the Sea to the Hulks , Sails and Mariners of their Spy-boats to keep them from being discover'd, came from the Veneti1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations

Forms of spyboat

pluralspyboats

Origin of spyboat

From spy + boat.

Questions about spyboat

What does spyboat mean?
Spyboat means a boat sent to make discoveries and bring intelligence.
What part of speech is spyboat?
Spyboat is a noun.
What is the plural of spyboat?
The plural of spyboat is spyboats.

Words near spyboat in the dictionary

  1. spy-hopping
  2. spy-hoppings
  3. spy-hops
  4. spyal
  5. spyals
  6. spyboat
  7. spyboats
  8. spybot
  9. spybots
  10. spycam
  11. spycams

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