Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • See skulled.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of scull.

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Examples

  • With all saurian ceremony, Menes was sculled over to found a city in about 3000 BC that would worship crocodiles, a city that under Ptolemy II was christened Crocodopolis.

    Richard Bangs: Quest for the Lord of the Nile Richard Bangs 2011

  • With all saurian ceremony, Menes was sculled over to found a city in about 3000 BC that would worship crocodiles, a city that under Ptolemy II was christened Crocodopolis.

    Richard Bangs: Quest for the Lord of the Nile Richard Bangs 2011

  • Dr. Lao-Hong felt a pang of pride for his sturdy countrymen as they deftly sculled the sampan out into the middle of the drifting fleet of waiting boats.

    In The Shadow of The Cypress Thomas Steinbeck 2010

  • I sculled the dinghy in through the entrance to the harbour and in among the yachts moored there in rows; Tern IV was there, and Coral, I remember.

    Movie Night 2010

  • I made all square and got the dinghy up, and sculled ashore with Mollie to the steps.

    Movie Night 2010

  • Dr. Lao-Hong felt a pang of pride for his sturdy countrymen as they deftly sculled the sampan out into the middle of the drifting fleet of waiting boats.

    In The Shadow of The Cypress Thomas Steinbeck 2010

  • Simon sculled and sculled until it felt like his arms would fall off.

    Some Assembly Required Lynn Kiele Bonasia 2008

  • Simon sculled and came upon a slick about ten feet wide.

    Some Assembly Required Lynn Kiele Bonasia 2008

  • Pearce let them pass and then sculled to victory, much to the delight of the Dutch onlookers.

    Would modern Olympians do the same? 2008

  • Such a fish! ten times as big as the biggest trout, and a hundred times as big as Tom, sculling up the stream past him, as easily as Tom had sculled down.

    The Water Babies 2007

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