Oar

n

An implement for impelling a boat, being a slender piece of timber, usually ash or spruce, with a grip or handle at one end and a broad blade at the other. The part which rests in the rowlock is called the loom.

n

An oarsman; a rower; as, he is a good oar.

n

An oarlike swimming organ of various invertebrates.

v. t. & i.

To row.


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