SCULLED

Verb

sculled

simple past tense and past participle of scull

Source: Wiktionary


SCULL

Scull, n. (Anat.)

Definition: The skull. [Obs.]

Scull, n. Etym: [See 1st School.]

Definition: A shoal of fish. Milton.

Scull, n. Etym: [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.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The common skua gull. [Prov. Eng.]

Scull, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sculled; p. pr. & vb. n. Sculling.] (Naut.)

Definition: 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, v. i.

Definition: To impel a boat with a scull or sculls.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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