Oar, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Oared p. pr. & vb. n. Oaring.] To row. “Oared himself.”
Oared with laboring arms. --Pope.
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Oared a.
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.
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