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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.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Scull \Scull\, n. [See 1st School.] A shoal of fish. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) The common skua gull. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Scull \Scull\, v. i. To impel a boat with a scull or sculls. [1913 Webster]
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"