Entry 6 senses · 5 variants Webster, 1913 Scull /(skŭl)/ · IPA /skʌl/ n. n. n. v. t. v. i. 01 n. The skull. 1. The skull.(Anat.) [Obs.] 02 n. A shoal of fish. 1. A shoal of fish. 03 n. A boat; a cockboat. See Sculler. 1. A boat; a cockboat. See Sculler.(Naut.) See: Sculler 2. The common skua gull.(Zool.) [Prov. Eng.] 04 v. t. To impel (a boat) with a pair of sculls, or with a single scull or oar worked over the stern obliquely from side to side. imp. & p. p. Sculled; p. pr. & vb. n. Sculling 1. To impel (a boat) with a pair of sculls, or with a single scull or oar worked over the stern obliquely from side to side.(Naut.) 05 v. i. To impel a boat with a scull or sculls. 1. To impel a boat with a scull or sculls.