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Ad·vice n.
1. An opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel.
We may give advice, but we can not give conduct. --Franklin.
2. Deliberate consideration; knowledge. [Obs.]
How shall I dote on her with more advice,
That thus without advice begin to love her? --Shak.
3. Information or notice given; intelligence; as, late advices from France; -- commonly in the plural.
Note: ☞ In commercial language, advice usually means information communicated by letter; -- used chiefly in reference to drafts or bills of exchange; as, a letter of advice.
4. Crim. Law Counseling to perform a specific illegal act.
Advice boat, a vessel employed to carry dispatches or to reconnoiter; a dispatch boat.
To take advice. (a) To accept advice. (b) To consult with another or others.
Syn: -- Counsel; suggestion; recommendation; admonition; exhortation; information; notice.
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Boat n.
1. A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail.
Note: ☞ Different kinds of boats have different names; as, canoe, yawl, wherry, pinnace, punt, etc.
2. Hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet boat, passage boat, advice boat, etc. The term is sometimes applied to steam vessels, even of the largest class; as, the Cunard boats.
3. A vehicle, utensil, or dish, somewhat resembling a boat in shape; as, a stone boat; a gravy boat.
Note: ☞ Boat is much used either adjectively or in combination; as, boat builder or boatbuilder; boat building or boatbuilding; boat hook or boathook; boathouse; boat keeper or boatkeeper; boat load; boat race; boat racing; boat rowing; boat song; boatlike; boat-shaped.
Advice boat. See under Advice.
Boat hook Naut., an iron hook with a point on the back, fixed to a long pole, to pull or push a boat, raft, log, etc. --Totten.
Boat rope, a rope for fastening a boat; -- usually called a painter.
In the same boat, in the same situation or predicament. [Colloq.]