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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
scull
I.noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ The next day I telephoned Peter Haining, the three-times former lightweight single sculls champion.
▪ We lifted a double sculls boat out of its position in the clubhouse and strode down to the water's edge.
II.verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A kid had thrown one of his trainers into the Thames while he was out sculling.
▪ Haining volunteered to be my sculling coach closer to my week's rowing with Redgrave.
▪ Ian sculled, Dhani worked the rudder.
▪ Matthew and Tim would be rowing, Steve and I would scull, thus having the advantage.
▪ The physical demands challenged my determination to the full, whilst I found the whole single sculling experience to be humbling.
▪ We sculled down the river to the official Regatta start, using the time to practise our strokes.
▪ We had beaten his gloomy forecast of 12 minutes and I had sculled the whole course without once catching a crab.
▪ You didn't scull too badly today.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scull

Scull \Scull\, v. i. To impel a boat with a scull or sculls.

Scull

Scull \Scull\ (sk[u^]l), n. (Anat.) The skull. [Obs.]

Scull

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.

Scull

Scull \Scull\, n. [See 1st School.] A shoal of fish.
--Milton.

Scull

Scull \Scull\, n. [Of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. skola to wash.]

  1. (Naut.)

    1. A boat; a cockboat. See Sculler.

    2. One of a pair of short oars worked by one person.

    3. A single oar used at the stern in propelling a boat.

  2. (Zo["o]l.) The common skua gull. [Prov. Eng.]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
scull

kind of short, light, spoon-bladed oar, mid-14c., of unknown origin. The verb is from 1620s, from the noun. Related: Sculled; sculling.

Wiktionary
scull

Etymology 1 n. 1 A single oar mounted at the stern of a boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward. 2 One of a pair of oars handled by a single rower. 3 A small rowing boat, for one person. 4 A light rowing boat used for racing by one, two, or four rowers, each operating two oars (sculls), one in each hand. vb. 1 To row a boat using a scull or sculls. 2 To skate while keeping both feet in contact with the ground or ice. Etymology 2

n. 1 (obsolete form of skull English) 2 A skull cap. A small bowl-shaped helmet, without visor or bever. vb. (context Australia New Zealand slang English) To drink the entire contents of (a drinking vessel) without pausing. Etymology 3

n. (context obsolete English) A shoal of fish. Etymology 4

n. The skua gull.

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WordNet
scull

  1. n. 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

  4. v. propel with sculls; "scull the boat"

Wikipedia
Scull (disambiguation)

Scull may refer to:

  • Scull, a kind of oar used in sculling, a form of rowing, a technique to propel watercraft
  • Antonio Scull, (born 1965), first baseman with Industriales of the Cuban National Series
  • Christina Scull, researcher and writer best known for her books about the works of J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Edward Scull (1818–1900), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
  • Scull Shoals, Georgia, a ghost town in Greene County, United States
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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.