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Webster 1913 Edition


Oared

Oared

(ōrd)
,
Adj.
1.
Furnished with oars; – chiefly used in composition;
as, a four-
oared
boat
.
2.
(Zool.)
(a)
Having feet adapted for swimming.
(b)
Totipalmate; – said of the feet of certain birds. See Illust. of
Aves
.
Oared shrew
(Zool.)
,
an aquatic European shrew (
Crossopus ciliatus
); – called also
black water shrew
.