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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ROW, n.
A series of persons or things arranged in a continued line; a line; a rank; a file; as a row of trees; a row of gems or pearls; a row of houses or columns.
Where the bright Seraphim in burning row.
ROW, v.t. [Gr. to row, an oar. If the noun is the primary word, ruder and rother, an oar, may be from the root of rod, L. radius, or from the root of rado, to rub, grate, sweep. If the verb is the primary word, the sense is to sweep, to urge, drive, impel. See Rudder.]
1. To impel, as a boat or vessel along the surface of water by oars; as, to row a boat.
2. To transport by rowing; as, to row the captain ashore in his barge.
ROW, v.i. To labor with the oar; as, to row well; to row with oars muffled.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line; "a row of chairs"
2: an angry dispute; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words" [syn: quarrel, wrangle, row, words, run-in, dustup]
3: a long continuous strip (usually running horizontally); "a mackerel sky filled with rows of clouds"; "rows of barbed wire protected the trenches"
4: (construction) a layer of masonry; "a course of bricks" [syn: course, row]
5: a linear array of numbers, letters, or symbols side by side
6: a continuous chronological succession without an interruption; "they won the championship three years in a row"
7: the act of rowing as a sport [syn: rowing, row] v
1: propel with oars; "row the boat across the lake"

Merriam Webster's

I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English r?wan; akin to Middle High German rüejen to row, Latin remus oar Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to propel a boat by means of oars 2. to move by or as if by the propulsion of oars transitive verb 1. a. to propel with or as if with oars b. (1) to participate in (a rowing match) (2) to compete against in rowing (3) to pull (an oar) in a crew 2. to transport in an oar-propelled boat • rower noun II. noun Date: 1832 an act or instance of rowing III. noun Etymology: Middle English rawe; akin to Old English r?w row, Old High German r?ga line, and perhaps to Sanskrit rikhati he scratches Date: 13th century 1. a number of objects arranged in a usually straight line <a row of bottles>; also the line along which such objects are arranged <planted the corn in parallel rows> 2. a. way, street b. a street or area dominated by a specific kind of enterprise or occupancy <doctors' row> 3. twelve-tone row 4. a. a continuous strip usually running horizontally or parallel to a baseline b. a horizontal arrangement of items IV. transitive verb Date: 1657 to form into rows V. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1746 a noisy disturbance or quarrel VI. intransitive verb Date: 1797 to engage in a row ; have a quarrel

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. 1 a number of persons or things in a more or less straight line. 2 a line of seats across a theatre etc. (in the front row). 3 a street with a continuous line of houses along one or each side. 4 a line of plants in a field or garden. 5 a horizontal line of entries in a table etc. Phrases and idioms: a hard row to hoe a difficult task. in a row 1 forming a row. 2 colloq. in succession (two Sundays in a row). row-house US a terrace house. Etymology: ME raw, row, f. OE f. Gmc 2. v. & n. --v. 1 tr. propel (a boat) with oars. 2 tr. convey (a passenger) in a boat in this way. 3 intr. propel a boat in this way. 4 tr. make (a stroke) or achieve (a rate of striking) in rowing. 5 tr. compete in (a race) by rowing. 6 tr. row a race with. --n. 1 a spell of rowing. 2 an excursion in a rowing-boat. Phrases and idioms: row-boat US = rowing-boat. row down overtake in a rowing, esp. bumping, race. rowing-boat Brit. a small boat propelled by oars. rowing-machine a device for exercising the muscles used in rowing. row out exhaust by rowing (the crew were completely rowed out at the finish). row over complete the course of a boat race with little effort, owing to the absence or inferiority of competitors. Derivatives: rower n. Etymology: OE rowan f. Gmc, rel. to RUDDER, L remus oar 3. n. & v. colloq. --n. 1 a loud noise or commotion. 2 a fierce quarrel or dispute. 3 a a severe reprimand. b the condition of being reprimanded (shall get into a row). --v. 1 intr. make or engage in a row. 2 tr. reprimand. Phrases and idioms: make (or kick up) a row 1 raise a noise. 2 make a vigorous protest. Etymology: 18th-c. sl.: orig. unkn.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Row Row, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Rowing.] [AS. r?wan; akin to D. roeijen, MHG. r["u]ejen, Dan. roe, Sw. ro, Icel. r?a, L. remus oar, Gr. ?, Skr. aritra. [root]8. Cf. Rudder.] 1. To propel with oars, as a boat or vessel, along the surface of water; as, to row a boat. 2. To transport in a boat propelled with oars; as, to row the captain ashore in his barge.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Row Row, a. & adv. [See Rough.] Rough; stern; angry. [Obs.] ``Lock he never so row.'' --Chaucer.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Row Row, n. [Abbrev. fr. rouse, n.] A noisy, turbulent quarrel or disturbance; a brawl. [Colloq.] --Byron.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Row Row, n. [OE. rowe, rawe, rewe, AS. r[=a]w, r?w; probably akin to D. rij, G. reihe; cf. Skr. r?kh[=a] a line, stroke.] A series of persons or things arranged in a continued line; a line; a rank; a file; as, a row of trees; a row of houses or columns. And there were windows in three rows. --1 Kings vii. 4. The bright seraphim in burning row. --Milton. Row culture (Agric.), the practice of cultivating crops in drills. Row of points (Geom.), the points on a line, infinite in number, as the points in which a pencil of rays is intersected by a line.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Row Row, v. i. 1. To use the oar; as, to row well. 2. To be moved by oars; as, the boat rows easily.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Row Row, n. The act of rowing; excursion in a rowboat.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

I. ARRANGEMENT OR SEQUENCE (rows) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A row of things or people is a number of them arranged in a line. ...a row of pretty little cottages... Several men are pushing school desks and chairs into neat rows. N-COUNT: oft N of n 2. Row is sometimes used in the names of streets. ...the house at 236 Larch Row. N-IN-NAMES: n N 3. see also death row, skid row 4. If something happens several times in a row, it happens that number of times without a break. If something happens several days in a row, it happens on each of those days. They have won five championships in a row... PHRASE: PHR after v II. MAKING A BOAT MOVE (rows, rowing, rowed) When you row, you sit in a boat and make it move through the water by using oars. If you row someone somewhere, you take them there in a boat, using oars. He rowed as quickly as he could to the shore... We could all row a boat and swim almost before we could walk... The boatman refused to row him back. VERB: V prep, V n, V n adv/prep • Row is also a noun. I took Daniel for a row. N-COUNT see also rowing III. DISAGREEMENT OR NOISE (rows, rowing, rowed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A row is a serious disagreement between people or organizations. (BRIT INFORMAL) This is likely to provoke a further row about the bank's role in the affair... = dispute N-COUNT: oft adj N, N prep 2. If two people row or if one person rows with another, they have a noisy argument. (BRIT INFORMAL) They rowed all the time... He had earlier rowed with his girlfriend. V-RECIP: pl-n V, V with n 3. If you say that someone is making a row, you mean that they are making a loud, unpleasant noise. (BRIT INFORMAL) 'Whatever is that row?' she demanded. 'Pop festival,' he answered. = din, racket N-SING

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. Rank, line, file. II. n. (Colloq.) Broil, tumult, uproar, riot, commotion, squabble, outbreak, quarrel, affray, disturbance, altercation, brawl.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

A disturbance; a term used by the students at Cambridge.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

To row in the same boat; to be embarked in the same scheme.

Airports

Landing Facility Type	AIRPORT
Airport Code	ROW
EFF_DATE	02/16/2006
FAA Region	ASW
FAA District	NONE
State	NM
State	NEW MEXICO
County	CHAVES
County State	NM
City Name	ROSWELL
Full Name	ROSWELL INTERNATIONAL AIR CENTER
Owner Type	PU
Facility Use	PU
Facility City, State, Zip	"ROSWELL, NM 88201"
Elevation	3671
Aeronautical chart on which the airport facility appears	ALBUQUERQUE
Distance from the central business district of the associated city to the airport in nautical miles	03
Direction of airport from the central business district of the associated city	S
Airport Certification Type and Date	II S 07/1973
NASP/Federal Agreement Code	NGPY
Customs international airport	N
Customs Landing Rights Airport	N
Joint Use	N
Military Landing Rights	Y
Control Tower	Y
Based Single Engine General Aviation Aircraft	028
Based Multi-engine general aviation aircraft	010
Based Jet engine general aviation aircraft	001
Commercial Services	000146
Air Taxi	010458
General Aviation, Local Operations	010276
General Aviation - Itinerant Operations	018480
Military Aircraft Operations	013332
Latitude	33.3015555556
Longitude	-104.5305555556
State FIPS code	35
State Postal Code	NM
Total domestic enplanements (inbound plus outbound)	8482
Version	09

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