melon seed

American  

noun

1. a small, broad, shallow boat for sailing or rowing, formerly used by hunters in various bays and marshes along the coast of New Jersey.

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Example Sentences

Sometimes in the forenoon a darkly clad figure was seen in the little garden-plot putting in corn or melon seed, and gravely hoeing.

From Literary and Social Essays by Curtis, George William

It is a received opinion, a thing taken for granted, an axiom in horticulture, that melon seed is the better for being old.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 335, October 11, 1828 by Various

And then she tried melon seed, but it would not eat.

From Aw-Aw-Tam Indian Nights Being the myths and legends of the Pimas of Arizona by Lloyd, J. William

The servant passed around preserved Chinese fruits, nuts and dried melon seed.

From The Automobile Girls at Washington Checkmating the Plots of Foreign Spies by Crane, Laura Dent

"You ain't no business eatin' a melon seed."

From The Light in the Clearing by Bacheller, Irving