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oar

ɔr
WordNet
A river god with his attributes: an urn from which water flows and an oar, looks at two putti in the background.
A river god with his attributes: an urn from which water flows and an oar, looks at two putti in the background.
  1. (n) oar
    an implement used to propel or steer a boat
Illustrations
Man, Prince Genji, holding bamboo oar, standing in boat; stone lantern and nighttime landscape in the background.
Man, Prince Genji, holding bamboo oar, standing in boat; stone lantern and nighttime landscape in the background.
Young woman, in long-sleeved kimono and thatched skirt, standing with large oar, in boat; at night.
Young woman, in long-sleeved kimono and thatched skirt, standing with large oar, in boat; at night.
Rowing boat fishermen try to catch a sea turtle with their oars. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series of 54 prints.
Rowing boat fishermen try to catch a sea turtle with their oars. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series of 54 prints.
Naked Venus in shell with sail, oar and burning torch. In the sky Cupid with bow and arrow.
Naked Venus in shell with sail, oar and burning torch. In the sky Cupid with bow and arrow.
Polychromed frame model on a stand. Smooth-board double-barred barcas, round bilge with almost flat sheer and flat transom, disc in the stem; a fore deck, seven curtains and six rails, and an open cabin with side covers and extra loose covers. Simply rudder with a curved brass tiller to get around the drip mast. Scale 1:10 (derived).
Model of a double-oar sloop with 14 oars
Naked Venus in shell with sail, oar and burning torch. In the sky Cupid with bow and arrow. The bottom left corner and part of the bottom of the original print are missing, so the signature and part of the date has been lost.
Naked Venus in shell with sail, oar and burning torch. In the sky Cupid with bow and arrow. The bottom left corner and part of the bottom of the original print are missing, so the signature and part of the date has been lost.
Polychrome mold model on supports, with sentenced skin instead of dense skin. It is a pointed flat bottom with a straight bow, the sheer ascending forwards; simple rudder with no tiller. The model has a large forward sloping fore, which served as an artillery position. Behind this deck, four separate beds with a raised floor underneath. Ten rowing pins on the gunwale.
This is a model of a 10 oar twin-strap landing boat
Polychromed frame model on a stand. Smooth-board double-barred barcas, round bilge with almost flat sheer and flat transom, disc in the stem; a fore deck, five curtains and four rails, and an open cabin with side covers and extra loose covers. Simply rudder with a curved brass tiller to get around the drip mast. Scale 1:10 (derived).
Model of a double-oar sloop with 8 oars
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Oar
    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. Oar
    (Zoöl) An oarlike swimming organ of various invertebrates.
  3. Oar
    To row. "Oared himself.", "Oared with laboring arms."
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) oar
    A long wooden implement used for propelling a boat, barge, or galley. It consists of two parts — a flat feather-shaped or spoon-shaped part called the blade, which is dipped into the water in rowing, and; a rounded part called the loom, ending in a piece of less diameter than the rest, called the handle. The oar rests in a hole or indentation in the gunwale, called the rowlock or oar-lock, or between two pins called thole-pins, or in a metal rest or socket. The action of an oar in moving a boat is that of a lever, the rower's hand being the power and the water the fulcrum. Oars are frequently used for steering, as in whale-boats.
  2. (n) oar
    In brewing, a blade or paddle with which the mash is stirred.
  3. (n) oar
    In zoöl., an oar-like appendage of an animal used for swimming, as the leg or antenna of an insect or crustacean, one of the parapodia of annelids, etc.
  4. (n) oar
    One who uses an oar; an oarsman; also, a waterman.
  5. oar
    To use an oar or oars; row.
  6. oar
    To propel by or as by rowing.
  7. oar
    To traverse by or as by means of oars.
  8. oar
    To move or use as an oar.
  9. (n) oar
    An obsolete spelling of ore.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Oar
    ōr a light pole with a flat feather or spoon-shaped end (the blade) for propelling a boat: an oar-like appendage for swimming, as the antennæ of an insect or crustacean, &c.: an oarsman
  2. (v.t) Oar
    to impel by rowing
  3. (v.i) Oar
    to row
Quotations
It is not good to have an oar in everyone's boat.
Earl Camden
St. Francis De Sales
There are no galley-slaves in the royal vessel of divine love -- every man works his oar voluntarily!
St. Francis De Sales
Harold S. Geneen
I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them.
Harold S. Geneen
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary AS. ār,; akin to Icel. ār, Dan. aare, Sw. åra,; perh. akin to E. row, v. Cf. Rowlock

Usage in the news

Mike Mitchell ties in his oars as team Kaos gets ready for practice yesterday evening. gloucestertimes.com

REALTOR® Diana L Johnson, with Real Living Morgan Realty Group, Port Clinton, has been awarded the "President's Sales Club" Award of Achievement designation from the Ohio Association of REALTORS® (OAR). thebeacon.net

All oars went into the water this week at the inaugural Homeland Security for Networked Industries conference in Orlando, Fla. telephonyonline.com

Always happy to pull an oar for the State Fair of Texas, I have served over the years as a volunteer contest judge for a variety of cuisines. dallasnews.com

Honorees were recognized at a President's Sales Club Dinner during OAR's 102nd Annual Convention in Columbus. daily-jeff.com

Take to the Oars checks in from the streets of Austin. estword.com

Photo courtesy of Tahoe Paddle and Oar. sunset.com

Barkley Sound Oar and Paddle Ltd. Sign In to WoodenBoat Magazine or Become A Member. oodenboat.com

Barkley Sound Oar and Paddle Ltd was started by Ken Lott in 1983 as Barkley Sound Marine. oodenboat.com

Anyone with a watercraft that has paddles or oars is welcome to participate. mlive.com

The OARS wilderness gourmet adventure takes you down Oregon's rugged Rogue River and teaches you how to cook. sunset.com

Outfitters offer trips in paddle rafts , oar rafts , and motorized rafts . tnonline.com

Our guides had spent the morning loading the three big oar rafts with just about everything we'd need for the next six days. nytimes.com

New sail , spars and oars. oodenboat.com

Beck's Record Club Tackles Skip Spence's "Oar" with Wilco, Feist. rollingstone.com

Usage in scientific papers

OAR gratefully acknowledge support from Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence in Bioinformatics, Australia.
Quantifiers for randomness of chaotic pseudo random number generators

In 1930, Ludwig pointed out that a microorganism that waves rigid arms like oars is incapable of net motion.
The hydrodynamics of swimming microorganisms

For example, a method may produce plans that provide better tumor coverage 50% of the time and better OAR sparing 50% of the time.
When is Better Best? A multiobjective perspective

However, the chance that it produces better tumor coverage and OAR sparing in a given plan may be anywhere from 0 to 50%.
When is Better Best? A multiobjective perspective

Using the methods in Table 2, IMRT was considered superior to IMAT for target and all OARs when one arc was used, and when two arcs were used, IMRT was better in only 3 of 6 OARs and the targets were substantially equivalent.
When is Better Best? A multiobjective perspective

Usage in literature

One seized the oars, and the other seated himself in the stern-sheets. "Old Jack" by W.H.G. Kingston

The sound of oars in the water was now heard, and a boat was observed slowly approaching the shore. "The Two Shipmates" by William H. G. Kingston

Once more the men bent to their oars. "The Voyage of the "Steadfast"" by W.H.G. Kingston

Four of the pirates formed the crew of the boat, and taking the oars, they pulled towards the shore. "A Voyage round the World" by W.H.G. Kingston

What numbers of oars, stretchers, ship-hooks, and spikes were there for bringing the ship in and out of the harbour! "A Book of Discovery" by Margaret Bertha (M. B.) Synge

My oar had tumbled down and oar and lantern were in the sea. "Swept Out to Sea" by W. Bertram Foster

That is, the forward oar gets going after a while. "A Venetian June" by Anna Fuller

The fellow at the oars Clancy did not know. "Owen Clancy's Happy Trail" by Burt L. Standish

Then the two men took the oars again. "The Northern Iron" by George A. Birmingham

Exulted of Alcinoues, and aloud To his oar-skill'd Phaeacians thus he spake. "The Odyssey of Homer" by Homer

Usage in poetry
Haste haste--ply swift and strong the oar!
Haste haste across the stream!
Again Lord William heard a cry
Like Edmund's drowning scream.
I have dreams of a sliding river--
Shannon--under the stars and sun;
I have dreams how the oar-blades quiver,
And the silvery salmon run.
Dear voyagers, though each nearing oar
Around, is music to my ear,
Sweeter to hear, far on before,
Some swifter boatman call, "Good cheer!"
The banked oars fell an hundred strong,
And backed and threshed and ground,
But bitter was the rowers' song
As they brought the war-boat round.
`His voice will repeat some poet's song
To the stroke of the rhythmic oar,
Till her maiden pulses quicken and long
For the gleam of the syren shore.
While mirrored peaks of stainless snow
Turn crimson 'neath the farther shore,
And here and there the sunset glow
Threads diamonds on a dripping oar.