Word Meanings - OAR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An oarlike swimming organ of various invertebrates. Oar cock , 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.

Additional info about word: OAR

An oarlike swimming organ of various invertebrates. Oar cock , 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., v. t. -- 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. (more info) 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. 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. 2. An oarsman; a rower; as, he is a good car.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of OAR)

• Hitch
• Stick
• stickle
• oar
• jam
• catch
• hang

Related words: (words related to OAR)

• STICK-LAC
  See LAC
• STICKING
  a. & n. from Stick, v. Sticking piece, a piece of beef cut from the neck. -- Sticking place, the place where a thing sticks, or remains fast; sticking point. But screw your courage to the sticking place, And we'll not fail. Shak. --
• CATCHWORK
  A work or artificial watercourse for throwing water on lands that lie on the slopes of hills; a catchdrain.
• CATCHER
  The player who stands behind the batsman to catch the ball. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, catches.
• STICKFUL
  As much set type as fills a composing stick.
• CATCHWORD
  The first word of any page of a book after the first, inserted at the right hand bottom corner of the preceding page for the assistance of the reader. It is seldom used in modern printing. 3. A word or phrase caught up and repeated for effect; as,
• CATCH TITLE
  A short expressive title used for abbreviated book lists, etc.
• STICKTAIL
  The ruddy duck.
• STICK
  A composing stick. See under Composing. It is usually a frame of metal, but for posters, handbills, etc., one made of wood is used. 6. A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab. A stick of eels, twenty-five eels. -- Stick chimney, a chimney made
• CATCHPENNY
  Made or contrived for getting small sums of money from the ignorant or unwary; as, a catchpenny book; a catchpenny show. -- n.
• STICKLEBACK
  Any one of numerous species of small fishes of the genus Gasterosteus and allied genera. The back is armed with two or more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish water, and construct curious nests. Called also sticklebag, sharpling,
• CATCHDRAIN
  A dich or drain along the side of a hill to catch the surface water; also, a ditch at the side of a canal to catch the surplus water.
• CATCHFLY
  A plant with the joints of the stem, and sometimes other parts, covered with a viscid secretion to which small insects adhere. The species of Silene are examples of the catchfly.
• CATCHPOLL
  A bailiff's assistant.
• CATCHWATER
  A ditch or drain for catching water. See Catchdrain.
• CATCHWEED
  See CLEAVERS
• CATCHY
  1. Apt or tending to catch the fancy or attention; catching; taking; as, catchy music. 2. Tending to catch or insnare; entangling; -- usually used fig.; as, a catchy question. 3. Consisting of, or occuring in, disconnected parts or snatches;
• STICKINESS
  The quality of being sticky; as, the stickiness of glue or paste.
• CATCH-MEADOW
  meadow irrigated by water from a spring or rivulet on the side of hill.
• CATCH CROP
  Any crop grown between the rows of another crop or intermediate between two crops in ordinary rotation in point of time. -- Catch"- crop`ping, n. Radishes . . . are often grown as a catch crop with other vegetables. L. H. Bailey.
• POKING-STICK
  A small stick or rod of steel, formerly used in adjusting the plaits of ruffs. Shak.
• SCATCH
  A kind of bit for the bridle of a horse; -- called also scatchmouth. Bailey.
• PIG-STICKING
  Boar hunting; -- so called by Anglo-Indians. Tackeray.
• FORESTICK
  Front stick of a hearth fire.
• BEAUCATCHER
  A small flat curl worn on the temple by women.
• CONY-CATCH
  To deceive; to cheat; to trick. Take heed, Signor Baptista, lest you be cony-catched in the this business. Shak.
• CHITCHAT
  Familiar or trifling talk; prattle.
• CHOPSTICK
  One of two small sticks of wood, ivory, etc., used by the Chinese and Japanese to convey food to the mouth.
• WORD-CATCHER
  One who cavils at words.
• TORPEDO CATCHER
  A small fast vessel for pursuing and destroying torpedo boats.
• BIRDCATCHER
  One whose employment it is to catch birds; a fowler.
• MESSAGE STICK
  A stick, carved with lines and dots, used, esp. by Australian aborigines, to convey information.
• SCATCHES
  Stilts.
• CATSTICK
  A stick or club employed in the game of ball called cat or tipcat. Massinger.