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scull

  [skuhl]
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–noun
1. an oar mounted on a fulcrum at the stern of a small boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward.
2. either of a pair of oars rowed by one rower.
3. a boat propelled by an oar or oars.
4. a light, narrow racing boat for one, two, or sometimes four rowers, each equipped with a pair of oars.
5. sculls, a race involving such boats. Compare double sculls, single sculls.
–verb (used with object)
6. to propel or convey by means of a scull or sculls.
–verb (used without object)
7. to propel a boat with a scull or sculls.
Origin:
1300–50; ME sculle < ?

Related forms:
sculler, noun
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scull   (skŭl)   
n.  
  1. A long oar used at the stern of a boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward.
  2. One of a pair of short-handled oars used by a single rower.
  3. A small light racing boat for one, two, or four rowers, each using a pair of sculls.
v.   sculled, scull·ing, sculls

v.   tr.
To propel (a boat) with a scull or a pair of sculls.
v.   intr.
To use a scull or a pair of sculls to propel a boat.

[Middle English sculle.]
scull'er n.
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Scull

Scull\, n. (Anat.) The skull. [Obs.]

Scull

Scull\, n. [See 1st School.] A shoal of fish. --Milton.

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.]

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.

Scull

Scull\, v. i. To impel a boat with a scull or sculls.
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Language Translation for : Scull
Spanish: remo,
German: der Heckriemen,
Japanese: スカル用オール
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scull  (n.)
"kind of oar," 1345, of unknown origin. The verb is from 1624.
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