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  • 1To ship the oars — Oar Oar ([=o]r), n [AS. [=a]r; akin to Icel. [=a]r, Dan. aare, Sw. [*a]ra; perh. akin to E. row, v. Cf. {Rowlock}.] [1913 Webster] 1. An implement for impelling a boat, being a slender piece of timber, usually ash or spruce, with a grip or handle …

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  • 2Oar — ([=o]r), n [AS. [=a]r; akin to Icel. [=a]r, Dan. aare, Sw. [*a]ra; perh. akin to E. row, v. Cf. {Rowlock}.] [1913 Webster] 1. An implement for impelling a boat, being a slender piece of timber, usually ash or spruce, with a grip or handle at one… …

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  • 3Oar cock — Oar Oar ([=o]r), n [AS. [=a]r; akin to Icel. [=a]r, Dan. aare, Sw. [*a]ra; perh. akin to E. row, v. Cf. {Rowlock}.] [1913 Webster] 1. An implement for impelling a boat, being a slender piece of timber, usually ash or spruce, with a grip or handle …

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  • 4The Boats of the "Glen Carrig" — Infobox Book | name = The Boats of Glen Carrig title orig = translator = image caption = dust jacket of The Boats of Glen Carrig author = William Hope Hodgson illustrator = cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre …

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  • 5ship — shipless, adj. shiplessly, adv. /ship/, n., v., shipped, shipping. n. 1. a vessel, esp. a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines. 2. Naut. a. a sailing vessel square rigged on all of three or more masts, having jibs, staysails, and a… …

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  • 6Ship model — This article is concerned primarily with static models. For operating models see model yachting or radio controlled boat, Model of a 19th century vessel in the Bishop Museum, Hawaii …

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  • 7The Open Boat — 1st US edition of The Open Boat, illustrated by Will H. Bradley The Open Boat is a short story by American author Stephen Crane (1871–1900). First published in 1897, it was based on Crane s experience of surviving a shipwreck off the coast of… …

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  • 8The Lords of the North — infobox Book | name = The Lords of the North orig title = translator = image caption = Cover to the first edition author = Bernard Cornwell cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = The Saxon Stories genre = Historical… …

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  • 9oar|age — «AWR ihj, OHR », noun. 1. the use of oars; rowing: »the Viking ship, its rowers oarage boiling up the sea. 2. rowing apparatus …

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  • 10Oseberg ship — The Oseberg ship (Viking Ship Museum, Norway) Detail from the Oseberg …

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