v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Oared p. pr. & vb. n. Oaring. ] To row. “Oared himself.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Oared with laboring arms. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n [ AS. ār; akin to Icel. ār, Dan. aare, Sw. åra; perh. akin to E. row, v. Cf. Rowlock. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An oarsman; a rower; as, he is a good oar. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) An oarlike swimming organ of various invertebrates. [ 1913 Webster ]

Oar cock (Zool.), the water rail. [ Prov. Eng. ] --
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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Furnished with oars; -- chiefly used in composition; as, a four-oared boat. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) (a) Having feet adapted for swimming. (b) Totipalmate; -- said of the feet of certain birds. See Illust. of Aves. [ 1913 Webster ]

Oared shrew (Zool.), an aquatic European shrew (Crossopus ciliatus); -- called also black water shrew. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The ribbon fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any crustacean of the genus Remipes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having feet adapted for swimming. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without oars. Sylvester. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.), The notch, fork, or other device on the gunwale of a boat, in which the oar rests, and that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing. Certain oarlocks are designed for use with oars having attached swivels, which insert into the oarlock and provide a firm pivot. Same as Rowlock{ 1 }.
Syn. -- peg, pin, thole, tholepin, rowlock. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n.; pl. Oarsmen One who uses, or is skilled in the use of, an oar; a rower. [ 1913 Webster ]

At the prow of the boat, rose one of the oarsmen. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. skill as an oarsman. [ WordNet 1.5 ]