Scŭll1, n.
n. [See SKULL.] The skull; the brain-pan.
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n. [See SKULL.] The skull; the brain-pan.
n. [See SHOAL.] A shoal or multitude of fish. [Obs.] *Fish that with their fins and shining scales Glide under the green wave in sculls, that oft Bank the mid sea.* Milton.
n. (Naut.) (a.) A boat; a cock-boat. See SCULLER. (b.) An oar so short that one man can work a pair; especially, a single oar used in propelling a boat, being placed over the stern of a boat, and worked from side to side. Brande.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. SCULLED (skŭld); p. pr. & vb. n. SCULLING.] (Naut.) To impel a boat by moving and turning an oar over the stern. Totten.