Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (3)
1.
a long oar that is mounted at the stern of a boat and moved left and right to propel the boat forward;
2.
each of a pair of short oars that are used by a single oarsman;
3.
a racing shell that is propelled by sculls;
VERB (1)
1.
propel with sculls;
- Example: "scull the boat"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Scull \Scull\ (sk[u^]l), n. (Anat.)
The skull. [Obs.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Scull \Scull\, n. [See 1st School.]
A shoal of fish. --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Scull \Scull\, v. i.
To impel a boat with a scull or sculls.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
scull
n 1: a long oar that is mounted at the stern of a boat and moved
left and right to propel the boat forward
2: each of a pair of short oars that are used by a single
oarsman
3: a racing shell that is propelled by sculls
v 1: propel with sculls; "scull the boat"