Hypertext Webster Gateway: "scull"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scull \Scull\, n. (Anat.)
The skull. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scull \Scull\, n. [See 1st {School}.]
A shoal of fish. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scull \Scull\, v. i.
To impel a boat with a scull or sculls.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
scull
n 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
v : propel (a boat) with skulls
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