"jolly boat" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1696, John Houghton, Collection for Improvement of Husbandry and Trade, London, Issue 187",
          "text": "Boats for Ships. A Jolly-boat. A Long-boat. A Skiffe. A Pinnace. A Water-boat. A Yaul."
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          "ref": "1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 346",
          "text": "[H]e went down the ship's side […] and, seating himself in the stern sheets of the jolly-boat, took the helm, pushed off, and four young lads rowed him ashore."
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