Bible Dictionaries
Canoe

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) 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.

(2):

(n.) 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.

(3):

(v. i.) To manage a canoe, or voyage in a canoe.

(4):

(n.) A boat made of bark or skins, used by savages.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Canoe'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/canoe.html. 1828.