sculls
plural of scull
Sculls
plural of Scull
Source: Wiktionary
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
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
