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An oar is an implement used for water-borne propulsion. Oars have a flat blade at one end. The oarsmen grasp the oar at the other end. What distinguishes oars from paddles is that paddles are held by the paddler, and are not connected with the vesse...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oar
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http://journals.aol.com/fremoris/rosarium/entries/2008/06/04/nouveau-riche/1053Nouveau Riche (by: fremoris)
Why is it that the nouveau riche oftentimes remind you of a man in a row boat with one oar, whirling in endless circles, because of a want of sense? Yeah, I might have only a couple of bucks in my wallet (and the brains to use them ...
http://idrunk.com/2008/06/04/silvestre-reyes-indicates-he-is-now-fine-with-gop-telecomfisa-bill/Silvestre Reyes Indicates He Is Now Fine With GOP Telecom/FISA Bill (by: unknown)
House Intelligence Chairman Silvestre Reyes told CongressDaily that he is “fine” with language offered by Senate Intelligence ranking member Christopher (Kit) Bond u0026 oar Republicans to overhaul a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. ...
http://idrunk.com/2008/06/04/communion-need-not-be-a-political-weapon/Communion need not be a political weapon (by: unknown)
A version of this argument roiled a 2004 campaign when some, though not most, Catholic bishops suggested that John Kerry u0026 oar pro-choice Catholic politicians should be denied Communion because of air views on abortion. ...
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Shattered - OAR (With Lyrics)
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Definition
4 definitions found for oar:<p>From <a href="Default.aspx?action=dictinfo&query=gcide">The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48</a>:</a><a><pre>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. <a href="Default.aspx?action=define&dict=*&query=Rowlock" class="definition">Rowlock</a>.]
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1. 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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Note: An oar is a kind of long paddle, which swings about a
kind of fulcrum, called a rowlock, fixed to the side of
the boat.
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2. An oarsman; a rower; as, he is a good oar.
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3. (Zool.) An oarlike swimming organ of various
invertebrates.
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<a href="Default.aspx?action=define&dict=*&query=Oar+cock" class="definition">Oar cock</a>
(Zool.), the water rail. [Prov. Eng.]
<a href="Default.aspx?action=define&dict=*&query=Spoon+oar" class="definition">Spoon oar</a>, an oar having the blade so curved as to afford a
better hold upon the water in rowing.
<a href="Default.aspx?action=define&dict=*&query=To+boat+the+oars" class="definition">To boat the oars</a>, to cease rowing, and lay the oars in the
boat.
<a href="Default.aspx?action=define&dict=*&query=To+feather+the+oars" class="definition">To feather the oars</a>. See under <a href="Default.aspx?action=define&dict=*&query=Feather" class="definition">Feather</a>., v. t.
<a href="Default.aspx?action=define&dict=*&query=To+lie+on+the+oars" class="definition">To lie on the oars</a>, to cease pulling, raising the oars out
of water, but not boating them; to cease from work of any
kind; to be idle; to rest.
<a href="Default.aspx?action=define&dict=*&query=To+muffle+the+oars" class="definition">To muffle the oars</a>, to put something round that part which
rests in the rowlock, to prevent noise in rowing.
<a href="Default.aspx?action=define&dict=*&query=To+put+in+one's+oar" class="definition">To put in one's oar</a>, to give aid or advice; -- commonly
used of a person who obtrudes aid or counsel not invited.
<a href="Default.aspx?action=define&dict=*&query=To+ship+the+oars" class="definition">To ship the oars</a>, to place them in the rowlocks.
<a href="Default.aspx?action=define&dict=*&query=To+toss+the+oars" class="definition">To toss the oars</a>, To peak the oars, to lift them from the
rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting
on the bottom of the boat.
<a href="Default.aspx?action=define&dict=*&query=To+trail+oars" class="definition">To trail oars</a>, to allow them to trail in the water
alongside of the boat.
<a href="Default.aspx?action=define&dict=*&query=To+unship+the+oars" class="definition">To unship the oars</a>, to take them out of the rowlocks.
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</pre></p><br /><p>From <a href="Default.aspx?action=dictinfo&query=gcide">The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48</a>:</a><a><pre>Oar Oar, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. <a href="Default.aspx?action=define&dict=*&query=Oared" class="definition">Oared</a>; p. pr. & vb. n.
<a href="Default.aspx?action=define&dict=*&query=Oaring" class="definition">Oaring</a>.]
To row. "Oared himself." --Shak.
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Oared with laboring arms. --Pope.
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</pre></p><br /><p>From <a href="Default.aspx?action=dictinfo&query=wn">WordNet (r) 2.0</a>:</a><a><pre>oar
n : an implement used to propel or steer a boat
</pre></p><br /><p>From <a href="Default.aspx?action=dictinfo&query=moby-thes">Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0</a>:</a><a><pre>25 Moby Thesaurus words for "oar":
bargee, bargeman, barger, boat-handler, boater, boatman, boatsman,
ferrier, ferryman, galley slave, gondolier, lighterman, oarsman,
paddle, pole, pull, punter, row, rower, scull, steering oar, sweep,
waterman, yachter, yachtsman
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Questions & Answers
What is the name for a long oar used to steer a boat?
The answer must be derived by adding to and taking letters away from the work SKULL.
a scull!
What is the song that Extreme makeover home edition uses at the start? i know its by OAR though.?
@qaa_question
Yes, the song is by O.A.R. ("....of a revolution") and is entitled "So Much".
What's the difference between an oar and a paddle?
@qaa_question
Oars are usually attached onto the edges of the boat by some "cradle" into which they are set. They are usually longer in length than paddles, which are not attached to the boat
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