01 a. & adv. Rough; stern; angry.
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Rough; stern; angry.[Obs.]
Entry
8 senses · 6 variants
Webster, 1913
Row
/rō/
· IPA /ˈɹoʊ/
02 n. A noisy, turbulent quarrel or disturbance; a brawl.
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A noisy, turbulent quarrel or disturbance; a brawl.[Colloq.]
03 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 houses or columns.
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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.
Phrases & compounds
Row culture —
the practice of cultivating crops in drills.
Row of points —
the points on a line, infinite in number, as the points in which a pencil of rays is intersected by a line.
04 v. t. To propel with oars, as a boat or vessel, along the surface of water; as, to row a boat.
imp. & p. p.
Rowed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Rowing
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To propel with oars, as a boat or vessel, along the surface of water; as, to row a boat.
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To transport in a boat propelled with oars; as, to row the captain ashore in his barge.
05 v. i. To use the oar; as, to row well.
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To use the oar; as, to row well.
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To be moved by oars; as, the boat rows easily.
06 n. The act of rowing; excursion in a rowboat.
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The act of rowing; excursion in a rowboat.