scull

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Don't scull -- don't row -- don't haul at tow-ropes -- don't swim -- don't flourish a fishing-rod.

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  1. noun A long oar used at the stern of a boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward.
  2. noun One of a pair of short-handled oars used by a single rower.
  3. noun A small light racing boat for one, two, or four rowers, each using a pair of sculls.

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  1. Middle English sculle.

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  1. Also skull; a particular use of scull, skull, a bowl (the oar being named from the slightly hollowed blades, like the dish of a balance): see scale (and skoal) and skull. Scull is etymology identical with scull, which is now more commonly spelled skull: see skull.
  2. from scull, n.
 

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