periagua

A dugout canoe.

That there were ſeventeen bearded Men there, and therefore, without any more Delay, I went to work with Friday to find out a great Tree proper to fell, and make a large Periagua or Canoe to undertake the Voyage.

A vessel made by cutting a canoe in two lengthwise and inserting a large plank.

A large keelless flat-bottomed boat for shoal-water navigation, decked at the ends only, propelled by rowing, or by sails on two masts capable of being struck.

Any small boat.