Meaning of Scull | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A single oar mounted at the stern of a boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward.
3. Archaic spelling of skull.
   alt-of, archaic
4. A shoal of fish.
   obsolete
5. The skua gull.
6. One of a pair of oars handled by a single rower.
7. A skull cap. A small bowl-shaped helmet, without visor or bever.
8. A small rowing boat, for one person.
9. A light rowing boat used for racing by one, two, or four rowers, each operating two oars (sculls), one in each hand.

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Examples

“The sculls were so tender, that they generally fell to pieces on being touched. The other bones were stronger. There were some teeth which were judged to be smaller than those of an adult; a scull which on a slight view, appeared to be that of an infant, […]”

“The scull is a head piece, without visor or bever, resembling a bowl or bason, such as was worn by our cavalry, within twenty or thirty years.”

“Of fish that with their fins and shining scales Glide under the green wave , in sculls”

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