Category:Scull

Scull, n. (anat.)

Defn: the skull. [obs.]

Scull Scull, n. Etym: [see 1st school.]

Defn: a shoal of fish. Milton.

Scull 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.)

Defn: the common skua gull. [prov. Eng.]

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

Defn: 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 Scull, v. i.

Defn: to impel a boat with a scull or sculls.