n. 1. An upstart. [ Obs. ] Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Zool.) An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. (Zool.) A name given to several kinds of a fish, as the common bluefish, the alewife, the bonito, the butterfish, the cutlass fish, the jurel, the leather jacket, the runner, the saurel, the saury, the threadfish, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
4. (Naut.) A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section. [ 1913 Webster ]