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A racing shell propelled by one or two oarsmen pulling two oars
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scull
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n. a long-handled oar mounted at the stern of a boat and moved left and right to propel the boat forward one of a pair of short-handled oars a racing shell propelled by one or two oarsmen pulling two oars v. propel with sculls; "scull the boat"
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Scull \Scull\, n. [See 1st School .] A shoal of fish. --Milton.
Usage examples of scull.
So the smack was put about, and when she was moving slow through the haven again, Achanna sculled ashore in the little coggly punt.
A seat in the stern, a second seat in the middle to preserve the equilibrium, a third seat in the bows, rowlocks for the two oars, a scull to steer with, completed the little craft, which was twelve feet long, and did not weigh more than two hundred pounds.
Instead of using her wings, as the wyverns had done, she sculled her body back and forth like a snake.
Apparently satisfied, she sculled back towards the ship, giving a special flip of her tail in the direction of what had once been the most dangerous predator in the sea.
Maris sculled from the workspace cylinder, with its lockers and racks and benches, through the spherical airlock, into the living quarters.
After nothing else happened for a whole minute, Maris sculled over to investigate.
Kittiwakes and terns wheeled in gyres far above, and a heavy-bodied gull seemed to hang immobile in the air nearby, riding the wind as we sculled slowly out into the harbor mouth.
Doc and Sanda passed out through this, descended a short stairway to a wet, tossing float, and the bronze man hailed one of the black bumboatmen who sculled a rickety old dinghy.
Derveet cut the engine again and sculled, stopping often to think and review her passage.
It was half-past seven when we were through, and we all got in, and sculled up close to the left bank, looking out for a spot to haul up in.
Joanna had gone for a swim and she was sculling along on her back, watching his approach.
Then she saw a shadow move under the rock and backed up in a hurry as a small shark came sculling out lazily.
Wikkell proceeded in their silken boat, but more cautiously than before, sculling slowly.
During his residency, Zach had gotten badly out of shape, and sculling again helped him get back into good condition, although he would never be the aerobic machine he was in college.
I let her glide, cautioning her to hold both alulae open with her thumbs for more lift at slow speeds, while barely sculling with her fingers.