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Webster 1913 Edition
Scull
Scull
(skŭl)
, Noun.
(Anat.)
The skull.
[Obs.]
Scull
,Noun.
[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.
2.
(Zool.)
The common skua gull.
[Prov. Eng.]
Scull
,Verb.
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
,Verb.
I.
To impel a boat with a scull or sculls.
Webster 1828 Edition
Scull
SCULL
,Noun.
1. The brain pan.
2. A boat; a cock boat.
3. One who scull a boat. But properly.
4. A short oar, whose loom is only equal in length to half the breadth of the boat to be rowed, so that one man can manage two, one on each side.
5. A shoal or multitude of fish.
SCULL
,Verb.
T.