What does scull mean?
Definitions for scull
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Princeton's WordNet
scullnoun
a long oar that is mounted at the stern of a boat and moved left and right to propel the boat forward
scullnoun
each of a pair of short oars that are used by a single oarsman
scullverb
a racing shell that is propelled by sculls
scullverb
propel with sculls
"scull the boat"
Wiktionary
scullnoun
A skull cap. A small bowl shaped helmet, without visor or bever.
scullverb
to drink the entire contents of something without pausing. Derived from Scandinavian "sku00E5l".
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Scullnoun
Etymology: It is derived by Stephen Skinner from shell, in some provinces called shull; as testa and teste, or téte, signify the head. Mr. Edward Lye observes more satisfactorily, that skola is in Islandick the skull of an animal.
Fractures of the scull are at all times very dangerous, as the brain becomes affected from the pressure. Samuel Sharp.
Like caitiff vile, that for misdeed
Rides with his face to rump of steed;
Or rowing scull, he’s fain to love,
Look one way and another move. Hudibras.Each bay
With fry innumerable swarm, and shoals
Of fish, that with their fins and shining scales
Glide under the green wave, in sculls that oft
Bank the mid sea. John Milton.
Wikipedia
Scull
Sculling is the use of oars to propel a boat by moving them through the water on both sides of the craft, or moving one oar over the stern. A long, narrow boat with sliding seats, rigged with two oars per rower may be referred to as a scull, its oars may be referred to as sculls and a person rowing it referred to as sculler.Sculling is distinguished from sweep rowing, whereby each boat crew member employs an oar, complemented by another crew member on the opposite side with an oar, usually with each pulling it with two hands and from stern sculling, which uses an oar to propel a vessel with side-to-side movements from the stern.
ChatGPT
scull
A scull can either refer to an oar used in sculling (type of rowing) or the act of propelling a boat using such an oar. It can also refer to a small, narrow boat which is propelled with two oars.
Webster Dictionary
Scullnoun
the skull
Scullnoun
a shoal of fish
Scullnoun
a boat; a cockboat. See Sculler
Scullnoun
one of a pair of short oars worked by one person
Scullnoun
a single oar used at the stern in propelling a boat
Scullnoun
the common skua gull
Scullverb
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
Scullverb
to impel a boat with a scull or sculls
Etymology: [See 1st School.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Scull
skul, n. a short, light, spoon-bladed oar: a small boat: a cock-boat.—v.t. to propel a boat with a pair of sculls or light oars by one man—in fresh water: to drive a boat onward with one oar, worked like a screw over the stern.—ns. Scull′er, one who sculls: a small boat rowed by two sculls pulled by one man; Scull′ing. [Scand.; Ice. scál, a hollow, Sw. skålig, concave.]
Scull
skul, n. (Milt.) a shoal of fish. [Shoal.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
scull
A short oar of such length that a pair of them, one on each side, are conveniently managed by a single rower sitting in the middle of the boat. Also, a light metal-helmet worn in our early fleet.--To scull. To row a boat with a pair of sculls. Also, to propel a boat by a particular method of managing a single oar over the boat's stern, and reversing the blade each time. It is in fact the half-stroke of the screw rapidly reversed, and closely resembles the propelling power of the horizontal tail of the whale.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
SCULL
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Scull is ranked #14930 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Scull surname appeared 1,983 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Scull.
87.7% or 1,740 total occurrences were White.
6.6% or 132 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
3.2% or 64 total occurrences were Black.
1.6% or 33 total occurrences were of two or more races.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of scull in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of scull in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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