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scull |
6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scull \Scull\, n. (Anat.) The skull. [Obs.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scull \Scull\, n. [See 1st {School}.] A shoal of fish. --Milton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scull \Scull\, n. [Of uncertain origin; cf Icel. skola to wash.] 1. (Naut.) a A boat; a cockboat. See {Sculler}. b One of a pair of short oars worked by one person. c A single oar used at the stern in propelling a boat. 2. (Zo["o]l.) The common skua gull. [Prov. Eng.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scull \Scull\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sculled}; p. pr & vb n. {Sculling}.] (Naut.) 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 From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scull \Scull\, v. i. To impel a boat with a scull or sculls. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: scull n 1: a long-handled oar mounted at the stern of a boat and moved left and right to propel the boat forward 2: one of a pair of short-handled oars 3: a racing shell propelled by one or two oarsmen pulling two oars v : propel (a boat) with skulls
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