Oar vs. Scull: What's the Difference?

Oar and Scull Definitions
Oar
A long, thin pole with a blade at one end, inserted into an oarlock and used to row or steer a boat.
Scull
A long oar used at the stern of a boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward.
Oar
A person who rows a boat, especially in a race.
Scull
One of a pair of light oars designed for use by a single rower.
Oar
To propel with or as if with oars or an oar.
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Scull
A small light racing boat for one, two, or four rowers, each using a pair of sculls.
Oar
To traverse with or as if with oars or an oar
An hour to oar the strait.
Scull
To propel (a boat) with a scull or a pair of sculls.
Oar
To move forward by or as if by rowing
Oared strongly across the finish line.
Scull
To use a scull or a pair of sculls to propel a boat.
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Oar
A type of lever used to propel a boat, having a flat blade at one end and a handle at the other, and pivoted in a rowlock atop the gunwale, whereby a rower seated in the boat and pulling the handle can pass the blade through the water by repeated strokes against the water's resistance, thus moving the boat.
Scull
To generate propulsion, as in swimming, with a motion resembling that of a single scull oar.
Oar
An oarsman; a rower.
He is a good oar.
Scull
A single oar mounted at the stern of a boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward.
Oar
(zoology) An oar-like swimming organ of various invertebrates.
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Scull
One of a pair of oars handled by a single rower.
Oar
(literary) To row; to travel with, or as if with, oars.
Scull
A small rowing boat, for one person.
Oar
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.
Scull
A light rowing boat used for racing by one, two, or four rowers, each operating two oars (sculls), one in each hand.
Oar
An oarsman; a rower; as, he is a good oar.
Scull
Obsolete form of skull
Oar
An oarlike swimming organ of various invertebrates.
Scull
A skull cap. A small bowl-shaped helmet, without visor or bever.
Oar
To row.
Oared with laboring arms.
Scull
(obsolete) A shoal of fish.
Oar
An implement used to propel or steer a boat
Scull
The skua gull.
Scull
To row a boat using a scull or sculls.
Scull
To skate while keeping both feet in contact with the ground or ice.
Scull
To drink the entire contents of (a drinking vessel) without pausing.
Scull
The skull.
Scull
A shoal of fish.
Scull
A boat; a cockboat. See Sculler.
Scull
The common skua gull.
Scull
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
To impel a boat with a scull or sculls.
Scull
A long-handled oar mounted at the stern of a boat and moved left and right to propel the boat forward
Scull
One of a pair of short-handled oars
Scull
A racing shell propelled by one or two oarsmen pulling two oars
Scull
Propel with sculls;
Scull the boat