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noun
The (often clandestine) transportation of a large number of people or amount of goods by boat, especially an exodus of people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Alternative form of boat lift (“mechanism used for raising and lowering boats on a canal vertically from one water level to another”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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verb
To transport (a large exodus of people, etc.) by boat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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History
From boat + lift.
