To set or thrust (a self-propelled craft or projectile) in motion, To give (someone) a start, as in a career or vocation, verb_ launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage, set up or found, noun_ A large boat; specifically, the largest boat carried by a man-of-war, generally sloop-rigged and pulling from sixteen to twenty-two oars A howitzer can be carried in the bow or the stern, A sudden leap; a skip,