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scull

UK/skʌl/ US/skʊl/ rare archaic obsolete slang
noun (3) verb (1)

noun

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

verb

1.

propel with sculls

  • “scull the boat”

Origin

From Middle English sculle (“a type of oar”), of uncertain origin, possibly from North Germanic, from Old Norse skola (“to rinse, wash”).

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