[etni] Fw: re: waqger-boat

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Eitan Levy" <moranl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ask@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 11:25 PM
Subject: Re: [etni] Fw: waqger-boat

Wager Boat
This craft was used for sculling matches and was a forerunner of the best
boat. Its name derives from the heavy wagers that were often laid on the
races . Wager boats were made from the lightest possible materials with
just-sufficient room for a single occupant. Most of them were of
semicircular section, without a proper keel but with a type of fin placed
aft of the sculler.

the above is from this site:
http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/jim.shead/Boats4.html


Jennifer wrote:
>Does anybody on the list know what a wager-boat is?  It is what Mr. Toad is
>rowing, in Wind in the Willows (chapter 1 or 2), and I have been unable to
>find it in any dictionary, including the large Oxford.



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