Scull, n. [See 1st School.]
A shoal of fish. Milton.
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.
2. (Zoöl.) The common skua
gull. [Prov. Eng.]
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.
Scull (skŭl), n. (Anat.)
The skull. [Obs.]
Scull, v. i. To impel a boat with a
scull or sculls.