Oar

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Oar \Oar\ ([=o]r), n [AS. [=a]r; akin to Icel. [=a]r, Dan. aare,
     Sw. [*a]ra; perh. akin to E. row, v. Cf. {Rowlock}.]
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     1. An implement for impelling a boat, being a slender piece
        of timber, usually ash or spruce, with a grip or handle at
        one end and a broad blade at the other. The part which


        rests in the rowlock is called the loom.
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     Note: An oar is a kind of long paddle, which swings about a
           kind of fulcrum, called a rowlock, fixed to the side of
           the boat.
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     2. An oarsman; a rower; as, he is a good oar.
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     3. (Zool.) An oarlike swimming organ of various
        invertebrates.
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     {Oar cock}
        (Zool.), the water rail. [Prov. Eng.]
  
     {Spoon oar}, an oar having the blade so curved as to afford a
        better hold upon the water in rowing.
  
     {To boat the oars}, to cease rowing, and lay the oars in the
        boat.
  
     {To feather the oars}. See under {Feather}., v. t.
  
     {To lie on the oars}, to cease pulling, raising the oars out
        of water, but not boating them; to cease from work of any
        kind; to be idle; to rest.
  
     {To muffle the oars}, to put something round that part which
        rests in the rowlock, to prevent noise in rowing.
  
     {To put in one's oar}, to give aid or advice; -- commonly
        used of a person who obtrudes aid or counsel not invited.
        
  
     {To ship the oars}, to place them in the rowlocks.
  
     {To toss the oars}, To peak the oars, to lift them from the
        rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting
        on the bottom of the boat.
  
     {To trail oars}, to allow them to trail in the water
        alongside of the boat.
  
     {To unship the oars}, to take them out of the rowlocks.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Oar \Oar\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Oared}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Oaring}.]
     To row. "Oared himself." --Shak.
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           Oared with laboring arms.                --Pope.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  oar
       n : an implement used to propel or steer a boat

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "oar":
     bargee, bargeman, barger, boat-handler, boater, boatman, boatsman,
     ferrier, ferryman, galley slave, gondolier, lighterman, oarsman,
     paddle, pole, pull, punter, row, rower, scull, steering oar, sweep,
     waterman, yachter, yachtsman