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A scull is an oar with a flat blade that is used to propel a boat. Sculls may be used singly or in pairs. Scull may be used as a noun or a verb, to mean the act of using sculls to propel a boat through the water. Related words are sculls, sculled, sculling. There are several Olympic categories of sculling, including men’s and women’s, lightweight, single, double and quadruple. The origin of the word scull is unclear, though it has been around since the mid-1300s. A skull is the bone that makes up the head of the skeleton, it encompasses the brain and provides the framework for the face. Infrequently, the word skull is used as a verb to mean to hit someone in the head. Related words are skulls, skulled, skulling. The word skull is derived from the Middle English word skolle, which in turn is probably a form of the Old Norse word skalli, which means a bald head.
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Whoa vs woe. Whoa and woe are two words that are pronounced the same way but have different spellings and different meanings. They are homophones. ... Whoa is generally considered to be a variant of the word who, first appearing in the 1500s.
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