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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