Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The foremost oar used in pulling a boat.
- noun The person who pulls the bow-oar.
- noun In a whale-boat, the oar next to the forward one.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- The oar used by the bowman.
- One who rows at the bow of a boat.
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