'Scull' definitions:
Definition of 'scull'
(from WordNet)
noun
A long oar that is mounted at the stern of a boat and moved left and right to propel the boat forward
noun
Each of a pair of short oars that are used by a single oarsman
noun
A racing shell that is propelled by sculls
verb
Propel with sculls; "scull the boat"
Definition of 'Scull'
From: GCIDE
- Scull \Scull\ (sk[u^]l), n. (Anat.) The skull. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Scull'
From: GCIDE
- Scull \Scull\, n. [See 1st School.] A shoal of fish. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Scull'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Scull'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Scull'
From: GCIDE
- Scull \Scull\, v. i. To impel a boat with a scull or sculls. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'scull'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- boat,
- canoe,
- carry sail,
- catch a crab,
- circumnavigate,
- coast,
- cross,
- cruise,
- cut a crab,
- feather,
- feather an oar,
- give way,
- go by ship,
- go on shipboard,
- go to sea,
- make a passage,
- motorboat,
- navigate,
- oar,
- pace,
- paddle,
- ply,
- ply the oar,
- pole,
- pull,
- punt,
- row,
- row away,
- row dry,
- run,
- sail,
- sail round,
- sail the sea,
- seafare,
- ship oars,
- shoot,
- sky an oar,
- steam,
- steamboat,
- steering oar,
- sweep,
- take a voyage,
- traverse,
- voyage,
- yacht