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sculling

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scull  (skl)
n.
1. A long oar used at the stern of a boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward.
2. One of a pair of short-handled oars used by a single rower.
3. A small light racing boat for one, two, or four rowers, each using a pair of sculls.
v. sculled, scull·ing, sculls
v.tr.
To propel (a boat) with a scull or a pair of sculls.
v.intr.
To use a scull or a pair of sculls to propel a boat.
[Middle English sculle.]
sculler n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.scullingsculling - rowing by a single oarsman in a racing shell
rowing, row - the act of rowing as a sport


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It drifts apart like a forgotten dream; and it was in the hour of many dreams, at daybreak and very soon after the end of dark, that such a strange sight was given to a man sculling a boat down a river in the West country.
The Man Who Knew Too Much by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
Sleep, after heavy sculling, had come to them early, and by a corresponding accident they awoke before it was light.
The Innocence Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
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