Found 2 items, similar to scull.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: scull
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 with sculls;
“scull the boat”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Scull
Scull
\Scull\ (sk[u^]l), n. (Anat.)
The skull. [Obs.]
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Scull
\Scull\, n. [See 1st
School.]
A shoal of fish. --Milton.
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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.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) The common skua gull. [Prov. Eng.]
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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.
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Scull
\Scull\, v. i.
To impel a boat with a scull or sculls.
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