A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

RAFT

Sun, 10 Nov '24
Flat floater
Tue, 2 Apr '24
Vessel for whitewater rapids
Sun, 31 Dec '23
Rapid transit?
Thu, 11 May '23
Rapids transit?
Tue, 14 Feb '23
Whitewater vessel
Fri, 18 Feb '22
Host
Tue, 27 Jul '21
Primitive boat