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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Boating

· Boat·ing · IPA /ˈboʊtɪŋ/
01 n. The act or practice of rowing or sailing, esp. as an amusement; carriage in boats.
  1. 1.
    The act or practice of rowing or sailing, esp. as an amusement; carriage in boats.
  2. 2.
    In Persia, a punishment of capital offenders, by laying them on the back in a covered boat, where they are left to perish.