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Oar
·noun An oarsman; a rower; as, he is a good oar.
II. Oar ·vt & ·vi To <<Row>>.
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oar
To put in one's oar; to intermeddle, or give an opinion unasked: as, To be sure, you must put in you...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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oar
A slender piece of timber used as a lever to propel a boat through the water. The blade is dipped in...
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Footed
·adj Having a foothold; established.
II. Footed ·adj Having a foot or feet; shaped in the foot.
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Bow oar
·- The oar used by the bowman.
II. Bow oar ·- One who rows at the bow of a boat.
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bow-oar
The foremost oar or oars, in pulling a boat.
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oar-propulsion
The earliest motive power for vessels; it may be by the broadside in rowlocks abeam, by sweeps on th...
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pair-oar
A name of the London wherry of a larger size than the scull.
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silver-oar
One of the badges of the civil court afloat, conferring the power to arrest for debt if not less tha...
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stroke-oar
The aftermost oar in a boat, from which the others take their time.
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Cleft-footed
·adj Having a cloven foot.
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Cloven-footed
·adj ·Alt. of Cloven-hoofed.
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Fin-footed
·adj Having palmate feet.
II. Fin-footed ·adj Having lobate toes, as the coot and grebe.
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Flat-footed
·adj Firm-footed; determined.
II. Flat-footed ·adj Having a flat foot, with little or no arch of th...
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Leaf-footed
·adj Having leaflike expansions on the legs;
— said of certain insects; as, the leaf-footed bug (Le...
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Light-footed
·adj Having a light, springy step; nimble in running or dancing; active; as, light-foot Iris.
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Lobe-footed
·adj <<Lobiped>>.
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Mouth-footed
·adj Having the basal joints of the legs converted into jaws.
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Polt-footed
·adj Having a distorted foot, or a clubfoot or clubfeet.
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Rough-footed
·adj Feather-footed; as, a rough-footed dove.
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Sure-footed
·adj Not liable to stumble or fall; as, a sure-footed horse.
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Tickle-footed
·adj Uncertain; inconstant; slippery.
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Tiger-footed
·adj Hastening to devour; furious.
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Turtle-footed
·adj Slow-footed.
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Web-footed
·adj Having webbed feet; palmiped; as, a goose or a duck is a web-footed fowl.
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Wing-footed
·adj Having part or all of the feet adapted for flying.
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flat-footed
Firm-footed, resolute; firmly, resolutely. A term belonging to the Western political slang with whic...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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pig-footed bandicoot
n.
name given to Choeropus castanotis, Gray, an animal about the sizeof a rabbit, belonging to the ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wash of an oar
See blade of an oar
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blade or wash of an oar
Is the flat part of it which is plunged into the water in rowing. The force and effect in a great me...
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feather an oar, to
In rowing, is to turn the blade horizontally, with the top aft, as it comes out of the water. This l...
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oar, to shove in an
To intermeddle, or give an opinion unasked.
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