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  2. Oar (sport rowing) - Wikipedia

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    Two "cleaver" sculls. The blades which enter the water are at the top of the picture and the handles are at the bottom. Note how the oar shaft connects not to the midline of the blade (as is the case of macons) but rather higher pitch, that is toward an upper part of the spoon/blade when perpendicular to the waterline.

  3. Oar - Wikipedia

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    Traditional wooden oars. An oar is an implement used for water-borne propulsion.Oars have a flat blade at one end. Rowers grasp the oar at the other end. The difference between oars and paddles is that oars are used exclusively for rowing.

  4. Rowing (sport) - Wikipedia

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    Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars.It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat.

  5. Ore - Wikipedia

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    Iron ore (banded iron formation) Manganese ore – psilomelane (size: 6.7 × 5.8 × 5.1 cm) Lead ore – galena and anglesite (size: 4.8 × 4.0 × 3.0 cm). Ore is natural rock or sediment that contains one or more valuable minerals, typically including metals, concentrated above background levels, and that is economically viable to mine and process.

  6. Stern sculling - Wikipedia

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    8 motions of the oar in rower's hands. In water the oar moves much like a propeller.(bow at the top)Stern sculling is the process of propelling a watercraft by moving a single, stern-mounted oar from side to side while changing the angle of the blade so as to generate forward thrust on both strokes.

  7. Paddling - Wikipedia

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    Man paddling a canoe. Paddling, in regard to waterborne transport, is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using at least one hand-held paddle.The paddle, which consists of one or two blades joined to a shaft, is also used to steer the vessel via generating a difference in propulsion between the two sides of the watercraft.

  8. Paddle - Wikipedia

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    A rafting paddle. A paddle is a handheld tool with an elongated handle and a flat, widened end (the blade) used as a lever to apply force onto the bladed end. It most commonly describes a completely handheld tool used to propel a human-powered watercraft by pushing water in a direction opposite to the direction of travel (i.e. paddling).

  9. Paddle steamer - Wikipedia

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    A paddle steamer is a steamship or steamboat powered by a steam engine driving paddle wheels to propel the craft through the water. In antiquity, paddle wheelers followed the development of poles, oars and sails, whereby the first uses were wheelers driven by animals or humans. Advance, a Greenock-built American Civil War blockade-running side ...

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