Oar vs. Scull: What's the Difference?

A long, thin pole with a blade at one end, inserted into an oarlock and used to row or steer a boat.

A long oar used at the stern of a boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward.

A person who rows a boat, especially in a race.

One of a pair of light oars designed for use by a single rower.

To propel with or as if with oars or an oar.

A small light racing boat for one, two, or four rowers, each using a pair of sculls.

To traverse with or as if with oars or an oar

To propel (a boat) with a scull or a pair of sculls.

To move forward by or as if by rowing

To use a scull or a pair of sculls to propel a boat.

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.

To generate propulsion, as in swimming, with a motion resembling that of a single scull oar.

An oarsman; a rower.

A single oar mounted at the stern of a boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward.

(zoology) An oar-like swimming organ of various invertebrates.

One of a pair of oars handled by a single rower.

(literary) To row; to travel with, or as if with, oars.

A small rowing boat, for one person.

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.

A light rowing boat used for racing by one, two, or four rowers, each operating two oars (sculls), one in each hand.

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

Obsolete form of skull

An oarlike swimming organ of various invertebrates.

A skull cap. A small bowl-shaped helmet, without visor or bever.

To row.

(obsolete) A shoal of fish.

An implement used to propel or steer a boat

The skua gull.

To row a boat using a scull or sculls.

To skate while keeping both feet in contact with the ground or ice.

To drink the entire contents of (a drinking vessel) without pausing.

The skull.

A shoal of fish.

A boat; a cockboat. See Sculler.

The common skua gull.

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.

To impel a boat with a scull or sculls.

A long-handled oar mounted at the stern of a boat and moved left and right to propel the boat forward

One of a pair of short-handled oars

A racing shell propelled by one or two oarsmen pulling two oars

Propel with sculls;