Scull

7 definitions found

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

  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.


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     2. (Zool.) The common skua gull. [Prov. Eng.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

  Scull \Scull\, v. i.
     To impel a boat with a scull or sculls.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scull \Scull\ (sk[u^]l), n. (Anat.)
     The skull. [Obs.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scull \Scull\, n. [See 1st {School}.]
     A shoal of fish. --Milton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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 with sculls; "scull the boat"

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

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "scull":
     boat, canoe, carry sail, catch a crab, circumnavigate, coast,
     cross, cruise, cut a crab, feather, feather an oar, give way,
     go by ship, go on shipboard, go to sea, make a passage, motorboat,
     navigate, oar, pace, paddle, ply, ply the oar, pole, pull, punt,
     row, row away, row dry, run, sail, sail round, sail the sea,
     seafare, ship oars, shoot, sky an oar, steam, steamboat,
     steering oar, sweep, take a voyage, traverse, voyage, yacht