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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OAR, n. An instrument for rowing boats, being a piece of timber round or square at one end, and flat at the other. The round end is the handle, and the flat end the blade.
To boat the oars, in seamanship, to cease rowing and lay the oars in the boat.
To ship the oars, to place them in the row-locks.
OAR, v.i. To row.
OAR, v.t. To impel by rowing.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an implement used to propel or steer a boat

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English oor, from Old English ?r; akin to Old Norse ?r oar Date: before 12th century 1. a long pole with a broad blade at one end used for propelling or steering a boat 2. oarsman • oared adjective II. verb Date: 1610 transitive verb to propel with or as if with oars ; row intransitive verb to progress by or as if by using oars

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a pole with a blade used for rowing or steering a boat by leverage against the water. 2 a rower. Phrases and idioms: put one's oar in interfere, meddle. rest (US lay) on one's oars relax one's efforts. Derivatives: oared adj. (also in comb.). oarless adj. Etymology: OE ar f. Gmc, perh. rel. to Gk eretmos oar

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Oar Oar, n [AS. [=a]r; akin to Icel. [=a]r, Dan. aare, Sw. [*a]ra; perh. akin to E. row, v. Cf. Rowlock.] 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 oar. 3. (Zo["o]l.) An oarlike swimming organ of various invertebrates. Oar cock (Zo["o]l), 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Oar Oar, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Oared; p. pr. & vb. n. Oaring.] To row. ``Oared himself.'' --Shak. Oared with laboring arms. --Pope.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(oars) Oars are long poles with a wide, flat blade at one end which are used for rowing a boat. N-COUNT

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

or.

See SHIPS AND BOATS, II, 2, (3).

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

To put in one's oar; to intermeddle, or give an opinion unasked: as, To be sure, you must put in your oar!

Foolish Dictionary

A popular device for catching crabs.

Airports

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Airport Code	OAR
EFF_DATE	02/16/2006
FAA Region	AWP
FAA District	SFO
State	CA
State	CALIFORNIA
County	MONTEREY
County State	CA
City Name	MARINA
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Owner Type	PU
Facility Use	PU
Facility City, State, Zip	"MARINA, CA 93933"
Elevation	134
Aeronautical chart on which the airport facility appears	SAN FRANCISCO
Distance from the central business district of the associated city to the airport in nautical miles	02
Direction of airport from the central business district of the associated city	E
NASP/Federal Agreement Code	N
Customs international airport	N
Customs Landing Rights Airport	N
Military Landing Rights	Y
Control Tower	N
Based Single Engine General Aviation Aircraft	056
Based Multi-engine general aviation aircraft	004
Based Helicopters	002
Based Ultralight aircraft	003
General Aviation, Local Operations	013000
General Aviation - Itinerant Operations	027000
Latitude	36.6818783333
Longitude	-121.7623475000
State FIPS code	06
State Postal Code	CA
Version	09

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