Oar

n	1.
	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.
	2.	An oarsman; a rower; as, he is a good oar.
	3.	(Zool.) An oarlike swimming organ of various invertebrates. Oar cock (Zool.) the water rail. Spoon oar an oar having the blade so curved as to afford a better hold upon the water in rowing. To boat the oars to cease rowing, and lay the oars in the boat. To feather the oars See under Feather. To lie on the oars 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. To muffle the oars to put something round that part which rests in the rowlock, to prevent noise in rowing. To put in one's oar to give aid or advice; - commonly used of a person who obtrudes aid or counsel not invited. To ship the oars to place them in the rowlocks. To toss the oars To peak the oars, to lift them from the rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting on the bottom of the boat. To trail oars to allow them to trail in the water alongside of the boat. To unship the oars to take them out of the rowlocks.
v. t. & i.	1.	To row. [imp. & p. p. Oared ; p. pr. & vb. n. Oaring.] Oared with laboring arms. - Pope.

Noun

1.

oar - an implement used to propel or steer a boat

To dream that you are using oars, symbolizes disappointments and your tendency to sacrifice your own desires to please others. To dream that you are paddling with one oar, signifies your need for help or assistance. To see a broken oar, signifies failure in your endeavours.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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