Also 9 canoo. [f. prec. sb.]
intr. To paddle or propel a canoe; to move as in a canoe. To canoe it (colloq.): to do the journey in a canoe.
1842. [Mrs. Monkland], Nabob at Home, in Athenæum, 3 Dec., 1038/2 Stretching out the muslin, and canooing forward on his heels without getting up.
1883. G. H. Boughton, in Harper’s Mag., April, 692/2. Many enterprising souls, with lots of time to spare, would have walked, or bicycled, or canoed, or have ‘trekked.’ Ibid. (1884), Jan., 304/1. You go on your vacation trip, canoeing it … to Lake George.
