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    Scull , n. (Anat.) The skull. [Obs.]
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    Scull, n. [See 1st School.] A shoal of fish.
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    Scull, n. [Of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. skola to wash.]
    1. (Naut.) (a) A boat; a cockboat. See Sculler. (b) One of a pair of short oars worked by one person. (c) A single oar used at the stern in propelling a boat.
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    2. (Zool.) The common skua gull. [Prov. Eng.]
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    Scull, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sculled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sculling.] (Naut.) 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.
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    Scull, v. i. To impel a boat with a scull or sculls.
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