Definition of oar

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Oar (n) 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..

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Septemvir :: Septemvir (n.) One of a board of seven men associated in some office.
Hollow :: Hollow (a.) Reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound; deep; muffled; as, a hollow roar..
Broad :: Broad (n.) The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar..
Resonance :: Resonance (n.) A prolongation or increase of any sound, either by reflection, as in a cavern or apartment the walls of which are not distant enough to return a distinct echo, or by the production of vibrations in other bodies, as a sounding-board, or the bodies of musical instruments..
Mullein :: Mullein (n.) Any plant of the genus Verbascum. They are tall herbs having coarse leaves, and large flowers in dense spikes. The common species, with densely woolly leaves, is Verbascum Thapsus..
Muffler :: Muffler (n.) A cushion for terminating or softening a note made by a stringed instrument with a keyboard.
Murderer :: Murderer (n.) A small cannon, formerly used for clearing a ship's decks of boarders; -- called also murdering piece..
Vergeboard :: Vergeboard (n.) The ornament of woodwork upon the gable of a house, used extensively in the 15th century. It was generally suspended from the edge of the projecting roof (see Verge, n., 4), and in position parallel to the gable wall. Called also bargeboard..
Brawn :: Brawn (n.) The flesh of a boar; also, the salted and prepared flesh of a boar..
Rough :: Rough (n.) A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy.
Pall :: Pall (n.) A piece of cardboard, covered with linen and embroidered on one side; -- used to put over the chalice..
Fiants :: Fiants (n.) The dung of the fox, wolf, boar, or badger..
Peak :: Peak (v. t.) To raise to a position perpendicular, or more nearly so; as, to peak oars, to hold them upright; to peak a gaff or yard, to set it nearer the perpendicular..
Snore :: Snore (v. i.) To breathe with a rough, hoarse, nasal voice in sleep..
Whistler :: Whistler (n.) The hoary, or northern, marmot (Arctomys pruinosus)..
Backboard :: Backboard (n.) A thin stuff used for the backs of framed pictures, mirrors, etc..
Hoar :: Hoar (n.) Hoariness; antiquity.
Shopboard :: Shopboard (n.) A bench or board on which work is performed; a workbench.
Muslin :: Muslin (n.) A thin cotton, white, dyed, or printed. The name is also applied to coarser and heavier cotton goods; as, shirting and sheeting muslins..
Ambry :: Ambry (n.) In churches, a kind of closet, niche, cupboard, or locker for utensils, vestments, etc..
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