Dingey

Din´gey

n.	1.	a small boat propelled by oars or sails, used in the East Indies, in sheltered waters.
	2.	a small boat intended to be used as a tender or lifeboat, carried or towed by a ship. It may be propelled by oars, sail, or a motor.
	3.	a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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It has hitherto been supposed that the four men who were in the dingey perished, but this is incorrect.

But in the first place I must state that there never were four men in the dingey,--the number was three.

Chaffers took the dingey and went up two or three miles further, where she also grounded, but in a fresh-water river.

There are seven boats aboard, the captain's dingey, and the six which the hunters will use.

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