Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A canoe or boat made from one piece of timber.
- noun In the Ionian Islands, a boat propelled by one oar.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A canoe or boat made from one piece of timber.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
canoe orboat made from a single piece oftimber .
Etymologies
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New Latin, from Ancient Greek.
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It is possible that [Greek: monoxylon] may mean 'of one wood only'.
The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura Lucius Apuleius 1914
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