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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The foremost oar used in pulling a boat.
- n. The person who pulls the bow-oar.
- n. In a whale-boat, the oar next to the forward one.
GNU Webster's 1913
- The oar used by the bowman.
- One who rows at the bow of a boat.
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Terms defined in the glossary of Clifford W. Ashley's "Yankee Whaler".
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