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Home Dictionary Name: boat bugBoat bug
An aquatic hemipterous insect of the genus Notonecta so called from swimming on its back which gives it the appearance of a little boat Called also boat fly boat insect boatman and water boatman...
backswimmer
any of numerous predaceous aquatic insects of the family Notonectidae such as Notonecta undulata that swim on their backs and may inflict painful bites also called boat bug...
bug
bug bugged bug·ging : to plant a concealed microphone in [ an office] compare eavesdrop, wiretap ...
millennium bug
An error in the coding of certain computer programs which store the year component of the date as two digits assuming that the first two digits are 19 rather than as a complete number of four digits when such programs are used after January 1 2000 the date may be misinterpreted causing serious errors or total failure of the program called also year 2000 bug year 2000 problem and Y2K bug...
Canal boats
Canal boats. The registration and inspection of canal boats used as dwellings, and the education of children living therein, provided for by the (English) Canal Boats Act, 1877 (40 & 41 Vict. c. 60), partly repealed by the (English) Public Health Act, 1936, made more stringent by the (English) Canal Boats Act, 1884 (47 & 48 Vict. C. 75), repealed and replaced by the (English) P. H. Act, 1936. See ss. 249 and 258 ibid. For the purposes of this Act; canal' includes any river, inland navigation or lake or any other waters wholly or in part within a county or borough. Canal boat means any vessel used for the conveyance of goods except registered Thames barges, registered seagoing ships and pleasure vessels.The (English) Children and Young Persons Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 12), s. 10, deals with education of children....
Boats
Boats. By s. 94 of the (English) Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1907, local authorities may license pleasure boats; see also (English) Public Health Act, 1936, s. 267. See Chitty's Statutes; and FISHING BOATS.As to the provision of boats on ships, with a view to the prevention of accidents and the saving of life at sea, see Order of the (English) Board of Trade, Merchant Shipping (Life-saving Appliances) Rules, May 8, 1914.-S. R. and O. 1914, No. 1006, and (English) Merchant Shipping (Safety and Local Line Conventions) Act, 1932 (22 Geo. 5, c. 9)....
Croton bug
A small active winged species of cockroach Ectobia Germanica the water bug It is common aboard ships and in houses in cities esp in those with hot water pipes called also the German cockroach...
Boat
To transport in a boat as to boat goods...
Fishing boats
Fishing boats.-See the special provisions as to fishing boats in the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 60, Part IV.); Chit. Stat., tit. 'Shipping.' If profit-sharing, they may be excluded from the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925: see s. 35(2)....
Boatful
The quantity or amount that fills a boat...
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