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Definition of Oarless
1. a. Without oars.
Definition of Oarless
1. having no oars [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oarless
Literary usage of Oarless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The poetical works of ... John Brent by John Brent (1884)
"Oh, wretched day (For sullen were the gods and sky)— Empty and oarless, drifting
by, Empty and oarless ; well I knew The Roman who my lover slew, ..."
2. Poems of American History by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1908)
"Half-parted its moorings, there lay a battered and oarless barge. "Quick!
gather the wounded in!" and the flying stayed at his charge. ..."
3. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1892)
"Eat nought, and nothing take Except one cloak alone ; but in that boat Sit thou,
and bear the sin-mark on thy brow, Pacing the waves, oarless and' ..."
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