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scull
v.
row a boat, propel a boat with oars
n.
small narrow racing boat rowed by one to four people; single oar located at the stern of a boat; one of two oars used by one person
Sculling
Sculling generally refers to a method of using
oars to propel watercraft in which the oar or oars touch the water on both the
port and
starboard sides of the craft, or over the stern. By extension, the oars themselves are also often referred to as
sculls when used in this manner, and the boat itself may be referred to as a
scull.
scull
Noun
1. a long-handled oar mounted at the stern of a boat and moved left and right to propel the boat forward
(hypernym) oar
2. one of a pair of short-handled oars
(hypernym) oar
3. a racing shell propelled by one or two oarsmen pulling two oars
(hypernym) shell, racing shell
Verb
1. propel with sculls; "scull the boat"
(hypernym) row
(classification) boat
scull
nm.
scull, small narrow racing boat rowed by one to four people; single oar located at the stern of a boat; one of two oars used by one person
Scull
(v. t.)
To impel (a boat) with a pair of sculls, or with a single scull or oar worked over the stern obliquely from side to side.
(v. i.)
To impel a boat with a scull or sculls.
(n.)
The skull.
(n.)
The common skua gull.
(n.)
One of a pair of short oars worked by one person.
(n.)
A single oar used at the stern in propelling a boat.
(n.)
A shoal of fish.
(n.)
A boat; a cockboat. See Sculler.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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