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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

B'ARGE, n. barj. [Barge, and bark or barque, a ship, are radically one word.]
1. A pleasure boat; a vessel or boat of state, furnished with elegant apartments, canopies and cushions, equipped with a band of rowers, and decorated with flags and streamers; used by officers and magistrates.
2. A flat-bottomed vessel of burthen, for loading and unloading ships.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals) [syn: barge, flatboat, hoy, lighter] v
1: push one's way; "she barged into the meeting room" [syn: barge, thrust ahead, push forward]
2: transport by barge on a body of water

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin barca Date: 14th century any of various boats: as a. a roomy usually flat-bottomed boat used chiefly for the transport of goods on inland waterways and usually propelled by towing b. a large motorboat supplied to the flag officer of a flagship c. a roomy pleasure boat; especially a boat of state elegantly furnished and decorated II. verb (barged; barging) Date: 1649 transitive verb to carry by barge intransitive verb 1. to move ponderously or clumsily 2. to thrust oneself heedlessly or unceremoniously <barged into the meeting>

U.S. Military Dictionary

A flat-bed, shallow-draft vessel with no superstructure that is used for the transport of cargo and ships' stores or for general utility purposes. See also watercraft. (JP 4-01.6)

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a long flat-bottomed boat for carrying freight on canals, rivers, etc. 2 a long ornamental boat used for pleasure or ceremony. 3 a boat used by the chief officers of a man-of-war. --v.intr. 1 (often foll. by around) lurch or rush clumsily about. 2 (foll. by in, into) a intrude or interrupt rudely or awkwardly (barged in while we were kissing). b collide with (barged into her). Etymology: ME f. OF perh. f. med.L barica f. Gk baris Egyptian boat

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Barge Barge, n. [OF. barge, F. berge, fr. LL. barca, for barica (not found), prob. fr. L. baris an Egyptian rowboat, fr. Gr. ?, prob. fr. Egyptian: cf. Coptic bari a boat. Cf. Bark a vessel.] 1. A pleasure boat; a vessel or boat of state, elegantly furnished and decorated. 2. A large, roomy boat for the conveyance of passengers or goods; as, a ship's barge; a charcoal barge. 3. A large boat used by flag officers. 4. A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat. [U.S.] 5. A large omnibus used for excursions. [Local, U.S.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(barges, barging, barged) 1. A barge is a long, narrow boat with a flat bottom. Barges are used for carrying heavy loads, especially on canals. Carrying goods by train costs nearly three times more than carrying them by barge. N-COUNT: also by N 2. If you barge into a place or barge through it, you rush or push into it in a rough and rude way. (INFORMAL) Students tried to barge into the secretariat buildings... VERB: V into/through n 3. If you barge into someone or barge past them, you bump against them roughly and rudely. (INFORMAL) He barged past her and sprang at Gillian, knocking her to the floor. VERB: V into/past n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Vessel of state, pleasure-boat, barque. 2. Boat of burden, transport.

Moby Thesaurus

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