英语词汇“sculling”造句子简单的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

So George took his time, carefully and meticulously handcrafting a single sculling shell from Norwegian pine and mahogany. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She waited for this command, sculling her wings. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“You seem a little old for this,” she said, sculling out spoons of flesh from her half melon. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Row boats and sailboats are available for rent at some locations, and a couple of boathouses cater to those who want to enjoy classic sculling. In D.C., Trading Politics for a Paddle 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z

The Torrens is the kind of Wind-in-the-Willows river where you expect to see Toad and Badger sculling along in the sunlight. Laurie Anderson: what I'm thinking about ... reflections on the Adelaide Festival 2013-03-04T07:09:00Z

I joined the Learn to Row class at the Lake Washington Rowing Club on Lake Union, which starts beginners on sculling, or rowing solo with two oars. There’s much to know before you row 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z

A young oarsman at the Iraqi Rowing Union finishes an afternoon sculling session on the Tigris. Baghdad, Iraq: 10 years after Saddam 2013-03-17T00:05:30Z

Hoare said he and Smith were also thrown in at the deep end with only a week to learn some semblance of sculling - rowing with two oars rather than one. 'No 2012 ticket' jokes Matt Smith 2012-06-18T15:12:40Z

It was Lucy Pocock, the British women’s sculling champion and coach of the University of Washington women’s crew. Dale Chihuly's Boathouse studio on Lake Union honors people and place 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z

The longer you stay underwater, kicking your feet, sculling your arms against all that heaviness and bright blue, the worse it gets. 'This is crazy if you think about it, no?' Inside the world of artistic swimming 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z

They leaned against their kitchen counters for backbends and handstands and used resistance bands to practice sculling, the vigorous hand and forearm movements that help propel the swimmers. Out of sync: COVID distancing a drag for artistic swimmers 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z

Iowa law also exempts racing shells used in sculling. Iowa State crew club president discusses boat’s capsizing 2021-04-04T04:00:00Z

Unlike most predatory dinosaurs — including some relatives such as the slender-snouted Baryonyx — Spinosaurus had densely mineralized bones, unusually short hind limbs and a tail configuration that allowed for sinuous, sculling motions. Was this dinosaur more subaquatic killer or giant wading bird? 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z

They pointed to a phone call, intercepted on a wiretap, in which Singer tells Robert and Amber Zangrillo he was putting the girl forward “as though she’s been sculling and rowing.” Judge orders USC to disclose sensitive admissions records, in victory for parent accused in scandal 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z

Competitors who are sculling row using two oars - one in each hand - while sweep rowers hold one oar each. Factbox: Key facts about rowing at the 2020 Tokyo Games 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z

The Aug. 17 Metro article “D.C. bridge plan causes a row” emphasized the organized opposition of local sculling groups. Opinion | The Anacostia River bridge needs to be built 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z

“I think he would be more suited in the sweep side of the sport, the rowing side not the sculling,” said Hunter, who won the lightweight double sculls in Beijing. Rowing: Wiggins could make Olympic eight, says Hunter 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z

The captain of the crew is Iceland’s Fiann Paul, a legendary ocean rower who holds three world records for sculling across the world’s seas. New Jersey man to take part in row across the Arctic Ocean 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z

But some owners of lakeside vacation homes in Vermont say too much of it by a renowned sculling camp is preventing them from enjoying the waterway they share. Lakeside homeowners, sculling camp clash over waterway use 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z

Rowing, one of the Games’ oldest sports, is broken down into sculling and sweep. Factbox: Key facts about rowing at the 2020 Tokyo Games 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z

If you’re sculling balls across the green every time you try to hit a chip, you need to know that it’s usually because you’re hitting up on the ball. Stop Being The Guy Who Sculls It Across Every Green - Golf Digest 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z

“I know no one would care about my sculling techniques in an office, so I’m grateful I’m able to cash in on my lifelong work.” For Some Athletes, Olympic Rings Give Way to the Circus Ring 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z

Groom is already back in training and is a sculling reserve for the World Championships starting in Aiguebelette, France on 30 August. British rower remains in hospital 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z

Wardens say the 71-year-old was in a single person sculling boat around 8 a.m. Maine divers find body of Olympian’s father 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z

This pattern—referred to as “sculling”—though creepy and extra artificial looking, produces a fluid and steady motion that is very much unlike the discontinuous movement of the real octopus. Robot Octopus Swims With Lifelike Arms [Video] 2013-08-01T13:45:05.190Z

This summer, he told me, he was opening two Jeanne Gang-designed boathouses, converting a river once used to haul coal and slag into a recreation center for kayaking and sculling and live music. How Chicago’s Housing Crisis Ignited a New Form of Activism 2013-05-29T11:00:52Z

To learn the quickness and spontaneity that characterizes good sculling, spend some time watching animals. Seattle rowing icon Frank Cunningham dies at 91 2013-03-06T03:40:05Z

The town supervisor, Stephen J. Walker, compared his constituents to a sculling crew. A Year After Tropical Storm Irene, Hope and Uncertainty in Prattsville, N.Y. 2012-08-27T02:19:40Z

Women's double sculls, Friday is all about sculling and Alan Campbell is one of several rowing medal hopes. London 2012 Olympics: what to watch on day 7 2012-08-02T21:09:48Z

Waiting for a bot to arrive conveyed on arm power alone—whether sculling or swimming sidestroke—might be tedious, however. Robot Octopus Swims With Lifelike Arms [Video] 2013-08-01T13:45:05.190Z

The sculler, dubbed by the British press as the "sculling sloth", received a wild card to the Olympics, allocated to ensure all 204 National Olympic Committees can take part even if no athletes have qualified. Rowing: "Sculling Sloth" vows to improve 2012-07-31T12:06:46Z

That is not to say the sculling stroke should be retired. Faster Olympic swimmers paddle like a duck, kick like a dolphin 2012-07-18T14:13:33Z

But many coaches continued to question whether lift, generated by sculling, was really the fastest, most efficient way for swimmers to reach the wall. Well: Delineating the Perfect Swim Stroke 2012-07-04T04:01:35Z

There are big questions around the men's sculling and the selection for the Games will be done before the next race, but I can't see a lot of changes being made. Three golds disappointing - Redgrave 2012-05-28T05:25:32Z

A heavy oar he had thrown down lay in the sculling notch. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z

Their time seems fully occupied in rowing, or sculling with a large oar over the stern of the boat; and this incessant labour makes them strong and well-figured. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z

To see whether the sculling stroke deserved its popularity, USA Swimming provided Mittal and his graduate student, Alfred von Loebbecke, with underwater videos of America's elite swimmers using either the sculling or paddle stroke. Faster Olympic swimmers paddle like a duck, kick like a dolphin 2012-07-18T14:13:33Z

In the years since, sculling during the freestyle stroke and backstroke became commonplace among elite and recreational swimmers. Well: Delineating the Perfect Swim Stroke 2012-07-04T04:01:35Z

If I was going to criticise anything, it would be that the men's sculling group should have been sorted out earlier. Three golds disappointing - Redgrave 2012-05-28T05:25:32Z

He was wet, his hands shook, and his arms ached, for he had been forced to use his strength while he labored with the big sculling oar. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z

As in rowing and sculling the work in punting is distributed all over the body, and does not only exercise the arm, as so many beginners imagine. Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport 2012-03-03T03:00:17.540Z

In the backstroke, the deep catch stroke produced 18 percent more thrust than the sculling stroke. Faster Olympic swimmers paddle like a duck, kick like a dolphin 2012-07-18T14:13:33Z

They then gathered underwater videos of elite swimmers, supplied by USA Swimming, which they categorized as displaying either a sculling or a deep-catch stroke. Well: Delineating the Perfect Swim Stroke 2012-07-04T04:01:35Z

A brawny man, with a blue stripe down his forehead, stood upright grasping the sculling oar astern, and the boat swung along smoothly, with big, dim slopes of water rolling up astern of her. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z

When two are sculling they swing in time, but in opposite directions, and there is no exercise that displays the grace of the human body in action to better advantage. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z

His tail he uses as one uses an oar in sculling, turning it slightly on edge as he works it back and forth. The Adventures of a Grain of Dust 2011-11-22T03:00:12.257Z

Conventional wisdom views the propeller-like "sculling" motion as superior, but new studies show that a paddle-like "deep catch" stroke is the quicker route to the medals podium. Faster Olympic swimmers paddle like a duck, kick like a dolphin 2012-07-18T14:13:33Z

Turning her head, scarcely able to keep afloat, she saw Elizabeth in the dinghy sculling towards her. The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z

Whether floating idly or barging clumsily along in the only fashion possible to us terrestrial humans, we longed for the sinuous power of the dolphins, whose easy sculling imparts such astounding impetus. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z

He wrapped himself in his mantle, and visited some friends in the suburbs; then he took his boat and went towards Pillnitz, sculling hard against the current of the river. The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong 2011-10-06T02:00:36.083Z

It is usually waived in sculling matches, and in the Wingfield Sculls for the amateur championship its operation is, by order of the parliament of old champions, suspended. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z

"The deep catch stroke is more efficient and effective than the sculling stroke," said Mittal. Faster Olympic swimmers paddle like a duck, kick like a dolphin 2012-07-18T14:13:33Z

Thus relieving one another, they crept gradually towards the island, not daring to cease sculling altogether, and yet finding it more and more exhausting as the day grew hotter. The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z

Very cautiously somebody was sculling the skiff down stream and across in the direction of the reeds. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z

There was a scull in the motor boat and as soon as he was sure that the Daniels were out of earshot, Harry up anchored and began sculling the motor boat toward the hulk. The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune 2011-08-27T02:00:19.473Z

In England about this time sculling had sunk even lower among professionals than in the days when Boyd and Elliott were the professors of the science. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z

The sculling stroke was popularized in the 1960s by the late James "Doc" Counsilman, an American Olympic and college swimming coach who was among the first to apply science to the mechanics of swimming. Faster Olympic swimmers paddle like a duck, kick like a dolphin 2012-07-18T14:13:33Z

Elizabeth, knowing that her sculling powers could not wholly account for the great distance, suddenly remembered the current. The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z

And they were two, the one a fine-looking, well-built specimen of young English manhood, who was sculling, the other a dark, handsome girl seated in the stern-sheets. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z

As a result, young Europeans typically dominate in competitive small-boat sculling events. Kids find their fit in sports, not competition 2011-06-17T21:27:51Z

It produced, like the preceding series, fine rowing, and many a subsequent sculling or four-oar match arose out of the regatta contests. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z

The others agreed; and after a hurried breakfast they hove the anchor and made a start, Moran sculling the Cetacea, Jimmy and Bethune towing her in the dory. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z

When I had gone about a mile, as I reckoned, I stopped sculling to pick up the lantern, and held it forward on the lookout for the will-pit trees. The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z

He was still standing and holding the oar that he had used in sculling. Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast 2011-03-24T02:00:12.337Z

I possessed the strength, and soon acquired the skill, to defeat all my fellow students in rowing or sculling a boat. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z

In the summer of 1886, a large amount was subscribed for a series of sculling prizes on the Thames. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z

English folk may find it hard to hold their own against their near relations in athletic pursuits, such as cricket and sculling, but in mountaineering they undoubtedly lead, and will continue to do so. Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z

I tried sculling again, but that was of no use whatever. The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z

"Don't you wish we would?" retorted Bonny, jeeringly, as he stopped sculling and allowed the dinghy to drift just beyond reach from the sloop. Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast 2011-03-24T02:00:12.337Z

Nothing depresses a man more when he is sculling than his sense of utter isolation. Rowing 2011-01-15T03:00:32.313Z

This was before outrigged sculling and pair-oared boats were much used, and since they became fashionable there have been junior pairs and junior sculling. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z

He fired two more shots, guessing at my whereabouts, for I was sculling away rapidly. The Three Eyes 2010-12-20T17:11:46.430Z

He was only lured back into rowing a few years ago when he became director of rowing at Furnival sculling club in Hammersmith and at the Langley academy in Berkshire. Andy Holmes obituary 2010-10-25T18:11:00Z

The older men in the group were instrumental in reviving tideway rowing after the second world war and were a driving force behind initiatives for sculling, the discipline that uses two oars instead of one. Tony Fox obituary 2010-10-04T17:08:00Z

If you are practising for sculling as well as rowing there is nothing like being captain of an Eight or stroke of a Pair or Four. Rowing 2011-01-15T03:00:32.313Z

There are challenge prizes for the house fours and for the sculling and pulling, as the pair-oar outrigger race is called. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z

THE BAR Service bar along one side of the main dining room has a full complement of drinks, including several summer coolers, mixed drinks with sculling names like Coxswain, Drive Ten and Catch Point. | Westport: Boathouse at Saugatuck Stresses Freshness 2010-06-12T01:55:00Z

However, if the men's rowers are uncertain of their future, the same is not so for the men's sculling team, whose two double sculls secured an unprecedented one-two finish ahead of Estonia. Searle's comeback continues as GB win 2010-05-30T14:30:00Z

A hole should be cut in the top of the stern board for sculling. Campward Ho! A Manual for Girl Scout Camps

Training for sculling requires more time and practice than training for rowing. Rowing 2011-01-15T03:00:32.313Z

Up to this time London watermen had been considered invincible at sculling. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z

"Hi there! one of you men forrard, light the lamp!" said Lewis, ceasing in the motion of sculling. Highway Pirates or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne

From that time the keelless racing boat has held its own, fours and pairs and sculling boats all following suit. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea"

With the ready aid of Don Pedro at the steer-oar, I managed, between sculling and poling, to bring the flat alongside the wharf. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois

In writing an article on sculling, a sculler must of necessity be egotistical. Rowing 2011-01-15T03:00:32.313Z

When the two met at Henley Mr. Edwardes-Moss was by no means in trim to uphold the honour of British sculling. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z

"Turn the light ahead!" ordered Lewis, and once more the sculling oar was set in motion. Highway Pirates or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne

In sculling boats the acceptance of the Australian type of build has led to the construction of a much shorter boat with broader beam than that which was in vogue twenty years ago. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea"

At my request, Alisanda kept within the house, until, by a vigorous bit of sculling, I had sent our craft beyond earshot of the nearest of these barges. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois

That used for the Lower Boy sculling is known as a "whiff," an open clinker boat with outriggers. Rowing 2011-01-15T03:00:32.313Z

Just about this date a sculling regatta, open to the world, was organised on the Thames. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z

By the way, were you sculling across the Channel for a bet?” A Veldt Vendetta

Henley regatta was founded in 1839, and since that date the building of racing boats, eights, fours, pairs, and sculling boats, has made great progress. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea"

But there could be no doubt that a landing was intended, for the little sail had been lowered, and one of the men was sculling toward the beach with an oar. When the Cock Crows

Of sculling I do not presume to speak, but those who are curious on this point may be referred to the remarks of Mr. Guy Nickalls in a later chapter. Rowing 2011-01-15T03:00:32.313Z

It should be borne in mind that Mr. Brickwood’s field as an amateur lay principally in sculling, which entailed solitary training, unlike that of a member of an eight or four. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z

The fact is, I was thinking of what a blessed instrument of Providence was the prow of the Kittiwake when it knocked my sculling boat to matchwood in mid-Channel and brought me here. A Veldt Vendetta

Then she heard his cry of “Got the boat,” followed by the clank of a sculling oar and the creak of the guiding-wheel on the hawser. Cynthia's Chauffeur

Reinvigorated by the prospect of once more setting foot upon land, they forgot for the moment thirst, hunger, and weariness, and only occupied themselves in sculling their craft towards the shore. The Boy Slaves

I am inclined to regard this as the real foundation of New South Wales professional sculling, which afterwards culminated in the performances of Beach and Searle. Rowing 2011-01-15T03:00:32.313Z

The pulling and sculling races start from Brocas and go round a ryepack at Rushes and back, a distance of 3 miles 4 furlongs. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z

“Rather,” I answered readily, for I fancied myself in the sculling line, it being one of my favourite forms of recreation. A Veldt Vendetta

He was soon sculling for the mouth of the archway, which, now he knew where to look for it, could be made out as a darker patch in the dusk of the wall. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts

Going aboard the yacht I stood for a moment listening to the lonely sweep of his oar sculling shoreward through the murky night. Wings of the Wind

I jumped back to the wheel and tried to bring her up into the wind, but I might as well have tried 235 to steer an ocean liner with a sculling sweep. The Harbor of Doubt

Rowing and sculling require scientific instruction more than ever on slides. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z

Had I, while resting, been insidiously turned round and was now sculling my utmost out into mid-Channel—and—right into the path of passing shipping? A Veldt Vendetta

Row-boats are propelled either by rowing or by sculling; and rowing is either "pulling" or "backing water." Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911

I could have sworn somebody was swimming behind me," said Po�ri, as he went on sculling again; "but who would venture into the Nile at such a time as this? The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt

He shouted to his companions, but could not tell whether they heard and understood him, for after that he was only conscious of sculling savagely until another sea broke into her and she struck. Hawtrey's Deputy

He remained the representative of British professional sculling until the arrival of Edward Hanlan in this country. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z

The result is a sculling motion, which carries the boat forward very rapidly. The Critic in the Orient

But sculling, and rowing, and cricket, and all the rest of it, with such reading as I am likely to do, won't be enough. Tom Brown at Oxford

So in a very short time Alfy found himself sculling the boat along to the shore. The Island House A Tale for the Young Folks

And the familiar scenery, together with the wholesome exercise of sculling, acted as a tonic to his nerves. Uncanny Tales

The aspirant to sculling honours had better, when commencing to learn, take his first lesson in a gig. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z

With sinking heart Percy watched Spurling's shoulders rack and twist as he threw his last ounce into his sculling. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good

It is a great pity that some of our instructors in more important matters than sculling will not take a leaf out of the same book. Tom Brown at Oxford

At the last sight she had of them before rounding the first bend they were still sculling. The Huntress

The dory went along very smoothly under Amos’s sculling and with the aid of the tide. A Little Maid of Province Town

The leg action, as compared to swing, should be just the same when sculling as in rowing. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z

Wrenching the port oar from his horrified mate, he sprang aft, dropped it in the notch on the stern, headed the boat once more for the island, and began sculling with all his might. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good

A light, clinker-built, very narrow pleasure-boat for sculling, i.e. rowing a pair of sculls. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc.

Shand and Jack took turns at sculling the larger craft, and Bela loafed on her paddle that they might keep up with her. The Huntress

In calm weather, where guns are not used, the greatest caution is necessary before a whale can be reached; smooth careful rowing is always requisite, and sometimes sculling is practiced. Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities.

Now, in sculling, a man should go back much further than he does when rowing an oar. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z

Noiselessly, under Spurling's skilful sculling, it slipped out of the cove and vanished behind the ledges to the east. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good

"It is that old gentleman who, they say, is staying at the hotel with his son, and their man-servant is sculling them up the very stiffest bit of the current." Littlebourne Lock

Out in the lake behind them their pursuers were struggling forward, sculling with the remaining oar. The Huntress

When the men drew a little nearer Wyllard stood up with the big sculling oar in his hand. Masters of the Wheat-Lands

In sculling, with a very long swing back it is not a fault to commence the recovery of the body while the hands are still completing their journey home to the ribs. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z

Heave that suit-case over—unless you can find any more of your cousin's admirers sculling about the country. The Long Trick

A man was sculling shoreward from a fishing schooner that lay at anchor off the docks; and a whaleboat crawled like a spider across the 15 harbor toward Fairhaven on the other side. All the Brothers Were Valiant

This I firmly fixed to the boat’s transom, so that, when necessary, we could use one of the oars to steer with; or for sculling purposes. The First Mate The Story of a Strange Cruise

He quit sculling and stood up in the stern of the boat, allowing it to make the distance which separated it from the schooner by its own momentum. Isle o' Dreams

He can clear his knees with a shorter stretcher when sculling than when rowing, as he can easily see for himself. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z

It swam with a swift movement of its forefeet, while its hind legs, stretched out behind with the tail, twisted powerfully, like a big sculling oar. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life

One was a light skiff, in which a girl, clad in white jersey and white flannel skirt, with a white Tam o' Shanter pinned on her head, was sculling leisurely towards the town. The World Peril of 1910

Instead of going up the river in a pair-oar or a four, he now went up in a sculling boat or a canoe, and seemed to enjoy himself quite as much. The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story

We were now all paddling away with might and main, two on each side, the black steering and sculling with his paddle at the same time. In the Wilds of Florida A Tale of Warfare and Hunting

As to ‘wash,’ if a man can sit a sculling boat, he does not care much for wash. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z

"Sail would be very appropriate," suggested Will, who was still laboriously sculling. Cricket at the Seashore

Reinvigorated by the prospect of once more setting foot upon land, they forgot for the moment thirst, hunger, and weariness; and only occupied themselves in sculling their craft towards the shore. The Boy Slaves

The Japanese boats differ from the European in being propelled not by rowing but by sculling. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II

Noddy was sculling off before he had done his work, and I called him back. Work and Win or, Noddy Newman on a Cruise

But the fragile sculling boat, with no keel, and about thirteen inches of beam, resents these liberties, and requires ‘sitting’ in addition, whenever any inequality of work takes her off her balance. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z

"I'll stop sculling, and eat in comfort now," said Will, shipping his oar, and taking a sandwich. Cricket at the Seashore

A few minutes more, and I had swung myself over the gunwale, and was sculling with eager strokes down the smooth waters of the bayou. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire

The mate placed the gaff across the bows of the gig and thrust an oar over the stern, sculling the boat alongside, with the snake trailing in the water. Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy

"I never saw any like them before," replied Noddy, still sculling the boat towards the Roebuck. Work and Win or, Noddy Newman on a Cruise

Steerage apparatus is in these days fitted to many a sculling boat. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z

None yet, but we are making way slowly, with the sculling and the tide. Cricket at the Seashore

An hour afterwards I found myself on my way up stream sculling as fast as I could in the direction of the Theodora. A Master of Mysteries

They were drifting before a light breeze on a hill lake; Ricardo was fishing, and Jaqueline was sculling a stroke now and then, just to keep the boat right with the wind. Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia being the adventures of Prince Prigio's son

The Fijian canoes can also be propelled by means of sculling, the sculler using a broad-bladed scull about ten feet in length. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships

We have known some builders ask 15l. for a sculling boat. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z

"Those questions are too difficult to be answered off-hand," said Will, sculling in his turn. Cricket at the Seashore

He now sat with it over the stern, sculling gently—very gently, however, for he reserved the little strength that remained to him for the critical moment. The Island Queen

Pushing with the pole, sculling with the rude oar, and paddling with a plank torn off, they made for the scene of the explosion. The Battery and the Boiler Adventures in Laying of Submarine Electric Cables

A large canoe can be got through the water at the rate of two or three miles an hour by sculling. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships

A long-legged man, sculling, may use a much longer slide than a short man. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z

"Cricket's a born joke," said Will, resuming his sculling. Cricket at the Seashore

In calm weather, as I afterwards observed, the natives propel these canoes simply by sculling; a man standing astern and working the scull with both hands—a very slow process. Twice Lost

Then there is a sculling sweepstakes, open to all the school. Ernest Bracebridge School Days

Tired as he was he seized his one oar and began sculling home. Priscilla's Spies

In those days, whether in University matches or in public sculling races, the lead was a matter of special importance. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z

Fortunately for itself, my shouts startled the iguana, which took to the water, and swam away, sculling itself forward by meant of its long tail at a rapid rate. On the Banks of the Amazon

Then the sculling began again, the rustling was repeated somewhere behind where Nic crouched, and he felt for the muskets to take them up. Nic Revel A White Slave's Adventures in Alligator Land

Then all was silence and darkness save where the movement of an oar sculling over the stern made the water flash and gleam with phosphorescence, and raised up ripples of pale lambent, golden light. The Black Bar

“I saw two lads in a boat sculling away from the pier as hard as they could go.” The Lost Middy Being the Secret of the Smugglers' Gap

Brickwood was last, rowing his own style, and sculling longest of the three. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z

It came on a regular squall, and I didn’t see the fun of sculling after about a couple of hours. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life

"There's a sculling hole in the back of the stern seat, Shack!" he called out, being more up in the bow himself. Afloat on the Flood

Look there!” and I pointed to a dorsal fin that was sculling lazily along half-a-dozen fathoms away. A Middy of the Slave Squadron A West African Story

Soon they came in sight of the river and saw Stillwater in a small craft, sculling his way to the opposite shore. The Boy Land Boomer Dick Arbuckle's Adventures in Oklahoma

All that has been said of the use of slides applies equally to sculling as to rowing. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z

It is very interesting to think of the numerous types of locomotion which animals have discovered—pulling and punting, sculling and rowing, and of the changes that are rung on these four main methods. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told

"I'd like to have a chance at that sculling racket, anyhow, Max; never took a turn at the same, and so you'd better let me try it when we get in closer to shore." Afloat on the Flood

He was working like a giant, and Toby, too, was putting all the strength he possessed upon the sculling oar. Left on the Labrador A Tale of Adventure Down North

The Indians, however, consider such feats much in the same light as a person fond of boating would think of pulling a pair of oars, or sculling himself across the current of a rivulet. Canada and the Canadians Volume I

These illustrations of two of the best scullers ever seen bidding for impossible leads, and then realising their mistakes in time, may be taken to heart by all modern and future aspirants to sculling honour. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z

A second glance disclosed the dinghy half way to the beach, while in her stern, sculling her swiftly along with practised hand, stood the wooden-headed young savage who didn't know how to manage a boat. Under the Great Bear

The body is kept in position by working the hands the same as in sculling. Swimming Scientifically Taught A Practical Manual for Young and Old

But as soon as the boat was refitted, they got George Macwha to go with them for cockswain; and under his instructions, they made rapid progress in rowing and sculling. Alec Forbes of Howglen

Waiting for the word to paddle was even worse than waiting for the starter's gun in a sculling race. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure

The strongest man only wastes his strength in sculling if he fails to obtain even work for each hand. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z

"Of course, I will," replied Cabot; and in another minute the young skipper was sculling ashore in the dinghy, while the schooner drifted more slowly in the same direction. Under the Great Bear

Instantly Neils unshipped the remaining oar, sprang to the stern, and attempted, by sculling, to keep the skiff's head up to the waves. Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates

On the next evening Professor Selwyn delighted the eyes and the hearts of all Johnians by sculling down the river to salute the Head of the River. Sagittulae, Random Verses

Standing up in the stern-sheets by her side, I kept on sculling gently. Romance

On the tideway in sculling matches, it is usual for pilots to conduct scullers. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z

The levers clanked furiously, and Venning, who had suspended his sculling under the menace of the shot, tugged again at his work. In Search of the Okapi A Story of Adventure in Central Africa

However, I heard a fortnight before the entries closed that he was out on the river every morning sculling. The Queen's Cup

Of course, an A.B. must be able to pull an oar, as well as use it in sculling, understand the management of a boat under sail, and know how to cross a surf. The Lieutenant and Commander Being Autobigraphical Sketches of His Own Career, from Fragments of Voyages and Travels

I kept on sculling, and gradually the sharp fusillade of dry twigs grew more distant, more muffled in the fog. Romance

The next University race was not rowed with slides, but a couple of minor sculling races in the spring were rowed with them. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z

Near the mill I wasn't; about the woods and river I was; and I saw him pass down in the sculling boat with his disabled arm. Elster's Folly

I did not so much mind that, for my line was chiefly sculling. The Queen's Cup

Dan was sculling like mad, but his efforts, compared to the might of the sea, were puny. Dan Merrithew

"He says so, and that he recognized you as you were sculling up the creek." Poison Island

He took to sculling and rowing quite as naturally as a duck takes to swimming. The Nursery, No. 107, November, 1875, Vol. XVIII. A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers

His lordship was just sculling down, and then I knew it was some one else had gone by the lodge, and not him. Elster's Folly

Just sailors, on the other hand, smacked of gentle sculling exercise in the dinghy on the lake, so I said, "Let's be just sailors." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, June 27, 1917

There could be no doubt, even at that distance, that the tall man standing aft and manipulating the long sculling oar, was Doctor Joe. Troop One of the Labrador

But I set the steering oar in the sculling rowlock aft, and did what I could in that way. A Sea Queen's Sailing

And, sculling rapidly, we were at the wharf again before he had time to raise objections. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864

The crew all lived aft on the great overhanging stern, where the cooking was done, and where the handle of the great "yuloe," or sculling oar, protruded. St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878

"Why," answered Bill, "when he throws himself right about face, and then goes sculling backwards." The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times

"Look sharp now, lads!" shouted the man at the sculling oar, as the boat and the skiff, rising and falling upon the swell, approached each other. Bobby of the Labrador

"I ain't denyin' of it," was the reply of that individual, who was now sculling the boat about the whale in a great circle. Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885

They rise rapidly from the very bottom to the surface of the water, by rowing and sculling as it were with fins and tail, and this powerful impetus bears them upwards in the air. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843

I thought of throwing Bludger overboard, and sculling, but determined not to stain what might be my last moments with an act of selfishness. In the Wrong Paradise

She eyed Lawford covertly as, with swelling muscles and lithe, swinging body, he drove his sculling oar. Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper

The Crown Prince went often alone, and then he would lie flat on his stomach and steer with his long legs, as if he were sculling a boat. The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912

It is pleasant sculling up to a distant point, and sounding by the way so as to get off the sand and over the pebbly bottom as soon as possible. In the Footprints of the Padres

They pushed on until outside of the breakers and among the smooth-rolling waves, where the deepening water made poling difficult and they resumed their sculling. Dick in the Everglades

Langholm signed to him to lead the way, and in a very few minutes they were scaring the wildfowl in mid-water, Steel sculling from the after thwart, while Langholm faced him from the crimson cushions. The Shadow of the Rope

The mate bent on the steering gear with sudden violence, turned the lifeboat's head with a swirl, and began sculling her toward the canoe. A Master of Fortune Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle

He walked toward the beach and prepared to shove off the dinghy, preparatory to sculling out to the hydroplane, which lay a few rods off shore in the channel. The Boy Scouts of the Eagle Patrol

Raoul was alone, sculling the light yawl with a single hand, and he exerted himself to meet these unexpected and, in the circumstances, unwelcome visitors, as far as possible from the rocks. The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet

Yet he was under water so long that when he came to the surface Captain Wilson was in a dingy sculling like mad to reach him. Dick in the Everglades

He broke out again in his mocking laugh, and, sculling rapidly backward, soon put the distance between him and the improvised barrier. Calvert of Strathore

In a small boat which had been towed behind the catboat, a couple of pirates—big, rough-looking fellows—were sculling rapidly toward the children. The Wonderful Bed

A few seconds later he was in the dinghy and sculling out over the water to the speedy Flying Fish. The Boy Scouts of the Eagle Patrol

And just below bridge, as we were sculling home, Riderhood crept out of the dark in his boat. Our Mutual Friend

"All right," said the captain, who was sculling, and he headed the dingy for shore, where it struck on a reef at the mouth of a stream. Dick in the Everglades

With a single scull she was quite helpless, as she had not the art of sculling a boat from the stern. The Blue Lagoon: a romance

You are liable to occasionally splash a little when sculling, and it appeared that a drop of water ruined those costumes. Three Men in a Boat

Sleep, after heavy sculling, had come to them early, and by a corresponding accident they awoke before it was light. The Innocence of Father Brown

Yet he had his diversions and was fond of sculling, and kept a "lock-up," or private boat, for his own use. The Grand Old Man

Only three hours later, as Johnny was sculling over a shallow bank, he stopped work and began to thump the bottom with his oar. Dick in the Everglades

I had another escape from drowning, while we lay in the docks, having fallen overboard from the jolly-boat, while making an attempt at sculling. Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast

I was sculling, and asked the fellows who were steering if they thought it could be done, and they said, oh, yes, they thought so, if I pulled hard. Three Men in a Boat

In relief Madden turned over on his back, laid his hat across his face, then with hands resting on chest, he began sculling along with knees and feet. The Cruise of the Dry Dock

I was soundly rated by the mate for my carelessness in allowing the boat to get adrift, and my shipmates were unsparing in their reproaches for my ignorance of the important art of sculling. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale

Without Prépimpin he felt lost, like a man in a sculling race with only one oar. The Mountebank

The waters twinkled full of light to the very foreground of the canvas, and between the piers of the harbor a fisher-boy was sculling his boat. Lying Prophets

Oh, yes; you’re the party that wrote for a double sculling skiff. Three Men in a Boat

Criticism had succeeded to action in sculling and in cricket. Coningsby

The two pieces of ground were connected by a long strip of frontage which he acquired, thereby saving the willows and alders which then sheltered that reach, and made it a windless course for sculling. The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1

Hardy was out sculling every day on the river, and was consequently in good training. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction

Mere Public Schools boxing and fencing champion, and best man-at-arms at Sandhurst, with a score or so of pots for running, jumping, sculling, swimming, shooting, boxing, fencing, steeple-chasing and so forth. Snake and Sword A Novel

This makes it look picturesque; but it irritates you from a towing or sculling point of view, and causes argument between the man who is pulling and the man who is steering. Three Men in a Boat

Job was sitting in the stern, sculling gently with the steering oar and watching us. The Boats of the "Glen Carrig"

I was away from the ship and sculling furiously for the shore in about the same time that it has taken to write this particular sentence. A Rogue by Compulsion

But the truth soon began to dawn upon him that pulling, especially sculling, does not, like reading and writing, come by nature. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction

Slowly but steadily they moved, the paddle remaining in the water, sculling the little craft along as if it were a log drifting in the water. Wild Northern Scenes Sporting Adventures with the Rifle and the Rod

Some of them have been men once: perhaps one retains his sculling skill, and is occasionally engaged by a gentleman to give him lessons. The Open Air

The road becomes a marsh which we cross on our heels, while our feet make the sound of sculling. Under Fire: the story of a squad

Before he could recover himself I was ten yards from the shore, sculling vigorously for the centre of the stream. A Rogue by Compulsion

It is a tough and heedless fish, biting from impulse, without nibbling, and from impulse refraining to bite, and sculling indifferently past. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

Once more afloat, we found that the wind had entirely died away, and Steve's sculling pushed the boat along but slowly. The Lure of the Labrador Wild

Another mile or more; another rest: decidedly sculling against a swift current is work—downright work. The Open Air

"Do you mind sculling?" said Fleur severely, "I want to get in." To Let

I was out of practice for sculling, and if the coast-guards chose to interfere it was obviously only a question of a few minutes before they would succeed in rowing me down. A Rogue by Compulsion

We saw about this coast marvellous great abundance of seals sculling together like sculls of small fish. Voyages in Search of the North-West Passage

“Besides,” said I, “I may manage to do a little more with my sculling than merely keeping the boat from drifting down stream.” News from Nowhere, or, an Epoch of Rest : being some chapters from a utopian romance

Thus to journey on from place to place would be the great charm of the river—travelling by water, not merely sculling to and fro, but really travelling. The Open Air

I was furiously angry and it was some moments before I recovered self-possession sufficiently to get my remaining oar over the skiff's stern and, by sculling, hold her against the tide. The Rise of Roscoe Paine

She scrambled aft, and unshipping the dinghy, came sculling towards me across the intervening water. A Rogue by Compulsion

In another minute the dinghy was plainly visible, not twenty yards away, and the sculler—sculling frantically now—was unmistakably Jules—Jules in a light tweed suit and a bowler hat. The Grand Babylon Hotel

On the bright waters, below, young clerks were sculling their inamoratas up and down; the ripples set free by their oars gleamed beneath the sun, and ducks swam lazily along the banks. Fraternity

Each day he took a sculling skiff, and pulled down to near Holm Oaks, on the chance of her being on the river; but the house was two miles off, and the chance but slender. The Island Pharisees

The sailors went back to their sculling, and the coxswain steered the longboat toward the floating barrel. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

It is quite true, however, that small rafts carrying several of these birds, with a fisherman gently sculling at the stern, may be seen on the rivers of southern China. The Civilization of China

He followed the plan of Hilliard and Merriman to the extent of hiring a boat in Hull and sculling gently down towards the wharf as dusk fell. The Pit Prop Syndicate

It came in the form of a young man with light hair and a candid expression, who came sculling down the river and disembarked at the landing stage. The Man Who Knew Too Much

And the course—well, if was not steering, it was sculling; the old bumboat was wobbling all around like a drunken tailor with two left legs. The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales

They had carefully muffled their oars, and now they turned north and began sculling gently inshore. The Pit Prop Syndicate

"Hope?" repeated March, and stopped sculling for an instant. The Man Who Knew Too Much

单词	sculling
例句	sculling So George took his time, carefully and meticulously handcrafting a single sculling shell from Norwegian pine and mahogany. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She waited for this command, sculling her wings. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “You seem a little old for this,” she said, sculling out spoons of flesh from her half melon. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Row boats and sailboats are available for rent at some locations, and a couple of boathouses cater to those who want to enjoy classic sculling. In D.C., Trading Politics for a Paddle 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z The Torrens is the kind of Wind-in-the-Willows river where you expect to see Toad and Badger sculling along in the sunlight. Laurie Anderson: what I'm thinking about ... reflections on the Adelaide Festival 2013-03-04T07:09:00Z I joined the Learn to Row class at the Lake Washington Rowing Club on Lake Union, which starts beginners on sculling, or rowing solo with two oars. There’s much to know before you row 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z A young oarsman at the Iraqi Rowing Union finishes an afternoon sculling session on the Tigris. Baghdad, Iraq: 10 years after Saddam 2013-03-17T00:05:30Z Hoare said he and Smith were also thrown in at the deep end with only a week to learn some semblance of sculling - rowing with two oars rather than one. 'No 2012 ticket' jokes Matt Smith 2012-06-18T15:12:40Z It was Lucy Pocock, the British women’s sculling champion and coach of the University of Washington women’s crew. Dale Chihuly's Boathouse studio on Lake Union honors people and place 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z The longer you stay underwater, kicking your feet, sculling your arms against all that heaviness and bright blue, the worse it gets. 'This is crazy if you think about it, no?' Inside the world of artistic swimming 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z They leaned against their kitchen counters for backbends and handstands and used resistance bands to practice sculling, the vigorous hand and forearm movements that help propel the swimmers. Out of sync: COVID distancing a drag for artistic swimmers 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z Iowa law also exempts racing shells used in sculling. Iowa State crew club president discusses boat’s capsizing 2021-04-04T04:00:00Z Unlike most predatory dinosaurs — including some relatives such as the slender-snouted Baryonyx — Spinosaurus had densely mineralized bones, unusually short hind limbs and a tail configuration that allowed for sinuous, sculling motions. Was this dinosaur more subaquatic killer or giant wading bird? 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z They pointed to a phone call, intercepted on a wiretap, in which Singer tells Robert and Amber Zangrillo he was putting the girl forward “as though she’s been sculling and rowing.” Judge orders USC to disclose sensitive admissions records, in victory for parent accused in scandal 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Competitors who are sculling row using two oars - one in each hand - while sweep rowers hold one oar each. Factbox: Key facts about rowing at the 2020 Tokyo Games 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z The Aug. 17 Metro article “D.C. bridge plan causes a row” emphasized the organized opposition of local sculling groups. Opinion \| The Anacostia River bridge needs to be built 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z “I think he would be more suited in the sweep side of the sport, the rowing side not the sculling,” said Hunter, who won the lightweight double sculls in Beijing. Rowing: Wiggins could make Olympic eight, says Hunter 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z The captain of the crew is Iceland’s Fiann Paul, a legendary ocean rower who holds three world records for sculling across the world’s seas. New Jersey man to take part in row across the Arctic Ocean 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z But some owners of lakeside vacation homes in Vermont say too much of it by a renowned sculling camp is preventing them from enjoying the waterway they share. Lakeside homeowners, sculling camp clash over waterway use 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z Rowing, one of the Games’ oldest sports, is broken down into sculling and sweep. Factbox: Key facts about rowing at the 2020 Tokyo Games 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z If you’re sculling balls across the green every time you try to hit a chip, you need to know that it’s usually because you’re hitting up on the ball. Stop Being The Guy Who Sculls It Across Every Green - Golf Digest 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z “I think he would be more suited in the sweep side of the sport, the rowing side not the sculling,” said Hunter, who won the lightweight double sculls in Beijing. Rowing: Wiggins could make Olympic eight, says Hunter 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z “I know no one would care about my sculling techniques in an office, so I’m grateful I’m able to cash in on my lifelong work.” For Some Athletes, Olympic Rings Give Way to the Circus Ring 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z Groom is already back in training and is a sculling reserve for the World Championships starting in Aiguebelette, France on 30 August. British rower remains in hospital 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z Wardens say the 71-year-old was in a single person sculling boat around 8 a.m. Maine divers find body of Olympian’s father 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z This pattern—referred to as “sculling”—though creepy and extra artificial looking, produces a fluid and steady motion that is very much unlike the discontinuous movement of the real octopus. Robot Octopus Swims With Lifelike Arms [Video] 2013-08-01T13:45:05.190Z This summer, he told me, he was opening two Jeanne Gang-designed boathouses, converting a river once used to haul coal and slag into a recreation center for kayaking and sculling and live music. How Chicago’s Housing Crisis Ignited a New Form of Activism 2013-05-29T11:00:52Z To learn the quickness and spontaneity that characterizes good sculling, spend some time watching animals. Seattle rowing icon Frank Cunningham dies at 91 2013-03-06T03:40:05Z The town supervisor, Stephen J. Walker, compared his constituents to a sculling crew. A Year After Tropical Storm Irene, Hope and Uncertainty in Prattsville, N.Y. 2012-08-27T02:19:40Z Women's double sculls, Friday is all about sculling and Alan Campbell is one of several rowing medal hopes. London 2012 Olympics: what to watch on day 7 2012-08-02T21:09:48Z Waiting for a bot to arrive conveyed on arm power alone—whether sculling or swimming sidestroke—might be tedious, however. Robot Octopus Swims With Lifelike Arms [Video] 2013-08-01T13:45:05.190Z The sculler, dubbed by the British press as the "sculling sloth", received a wild card to the Olympics, allocated to ensure all 204 National Olympic Committees can take part even if no athletes have qualified. Rowing: "Sculling Sloth" vows to improve 2012-07-31T12:06:46Z That is not to say the sculling stroke should be retired. Faster Olympic swimmers paddle like a duck, kick like a dolphin 2012-07-18T14:13:33Z But many coaches continued to question whether lift, generated by sculling, was really the fastest, most efficient way for swimmers to reach the wall. Well: Delineating the Perfect Swim Stroke 2012-07-04T04:01:35Z There are big questions around the men's sculling and the selection for the Games will be done before the next race, but I can't see a lot of changes being made. Three golds disappointing - Redgrave 2012-05-28T05:25:32Z A heavy oar he had thrown down lay in the sculling notch. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z Their time seems fully occupied in rowing, or sculling with a large oar over the stern of the boat; and this incessant labour makes them strong and well-figured. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z To see whether the sculling stroke deserved its popularity, USA Swimming provided Mittal and his graduate student, Alfred von Loebbecke, with underwater videos of America's elite swimmers using either the sculling or paddle stroke. Faster Olympic swimmers paddle like a duck, kick like a dolphin 2012-07-18T14:13:33Z In the years since, sculling during the freestyle stroke and backstroke became commonplace among elite and recreational swimmers. Well: Delineating the Perfect Swim Stroke 2012-07-04T04:01:35Z If I was going to criticise anything, it would be that the men's sculling group should have been sorted out earlier. Three golds disappointing - Redgrave 2012-05-28T05:25:32Z He was wet, his hands shook, and his arms ached, for he had been forced to use his strength while he labored with the big sculling oar. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z As in rowing and sculling the work in punting is distributed all over the body, and does not only exercise the arm, as so many beginners imagine. Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport 2012-03-03T03:00:17.540Z In the backstroke, the deep catch stroke produced 18 percent more thrust than the sculling stroke. Faster Olympic swimmers paddle like a duck, kick like a dolphin 2012-07-18T14:13:33Z They then gathered underwater videos of elite swimmers, supplied by USA Swimming, which they categorized as displaying either a sculling or a deep-catch stroke. Well: Delineating the Perfect Swim Stroke 2012-07-04T04:01:35Z A brawny man, with a blue stripe down his forehead, stood upright grasping the sculling oar astern, and the boat swung along smoothly, with big, dim slopes of water rolling up astern of her. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z When two are sculling they swing in time, but in opposite directions, and there is no exercise that displays the grace of the human body in action to better advantage. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z His tail he uses as one uses an oar in sculling, turning it slightly on edge as he works it back and forth. The Adventures of a Grain of Dust 2011-11-22T03:00:12.257Z Conventional wisdom views the propeller-like "sculling" motion as superior, but new studies show that a paddle-like "deep catch" stroke is the quicker route to the medals podium. Faster Olympic swimmers paddle like a duck, kick like a dolphin 2012-07-18T14:13:33Z Turning her head, scarcely able to keep afloat, she saw Elizabeth in the dinghy sculling towards her. The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z Whether floating idly or barging clumsily along in the only fashion possible to us terrestrial humans, we longed for the sinuous power of the dolphins, whose easy sculling imparts such astounding impetus. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z He wrapped himself in his mantle, and visited some friends in the suburbs; then he took his boat and went towards Pillnitz, sculling hard against the current of the river. The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong 2011-10-06T02:00:36.083Z It is usually waived in sculling matches, and in the Wingfield Sculls for the amateur championship its operation is, by order of the parliament of old champions, suspended. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z "The deep catch stroke is more efficient and effective than the sculling stroke," said Mittal. Faster Olympic swimmers paddle like a duck, kick like a dolphin 2012-07-18T14:13:33Z Thus relieving one another, they crept gradually towards the island, not daring to cease sculling altogether, and yet finding it more and more exhausting as the day grew hotter. The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z Very cautiously somebody was sculling the skiff down stream and across in the direction of the reeds. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z There was a scull in the motor boat and as soon as he was sure that the Daniels were out of earshot, Harry up anchored and began sculling the motor boat toward the hulk. The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune 2011-08-27T02:00:19.473Z In England about this time sculling had sunk even lower among professionals than in the days when Boyd and Elliott were the professors of the science. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z The sculling stroke was popularized in the 1960s by the late James "Doc" Counsilman, an American Olympic and college swimming coach who was among the first to apply science to the mechanics of swimming. Faster Olympic swimmers paddle like a duck, kick like a dolphin 2012-07-18T14:13:33Z Elizabeth, knowing that her sculling powers could not wholly account for the great distance, suddenly remembered the current. The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z And they were two, the one a fine-looking, well-built specimen of young English manhood, who was sculling, the other a dark, handsome girl seated in the stern-sheets. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z As a result, young Europeans typically dominate in competitive small-boat sculling events. Kids find their fit in sports, not competition 2011-06-17T21:27:51Z It produced, like the preceding series, fine rowing, and many a subsequent sculling or four-oar match arose out of the regatta contests. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z The others agreed; and after a hurried breakfast they hove the anchor and made a start, Moran sculling the Cetacea, Jimmy and Bethune towing her in the dory. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z When I had gone about a mile, as I reckoned, I stopped sculling to pick up the lantern, and held it forward on the lookout for the will-pit trees. The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z He was still standing and holding the oar that he had used in sculling. Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast 2011-03-24T02:00:12.337Z I possessed the strength, and soon acquired the skill, to defeat all my fellow students in rowing or sculling a boat. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z In the summer of 1886, a large amount was subscribed for a series of sculling prizes on the Thames. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z English folk may find it hard to hold their own against their near relations in athletic pursuits, such as cricket and sculling, but in mountaineering they undoubtedly lead, and will continue to do so. Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z I tried sculling again, but that was of no use whatever. The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z "Don't you wish we would?" retorted Bonny, jeeringly, as he stopped sculling and allowed the dinghy to drift just beyond reach from the sloop. Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast 2011-03-24T02:00:12.337Z Nothing depresses a man more when he is sculling than his sense of utter isolation. Rowing 2011-01-15T03:00:32.313Z This was before outrigged sculling and pair-oared boats were much used, and since they became fashionable there have been junior pairs and junior sculling. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z He fired two more shots, guessing at my whereabouts, for I was sculling away rapidly. The Three Eyes 2010-12-20T17:11:46.430Z He was only lured back into rowing a few years ago when he became director of rowing at Furnival sculling club in Hammersmith and at the Langley academy in Berkshire. Andy Holmes obituary 2010-10-25T18:11:00Z The older men in the group were instrumental in reviving tideway rowing after the second world war and were a driving force behind initiatives for sculling, the discipline that uses two oars instead of one. Tony Fox obituary 2010-10-04T17:08:00Z If you are practising for sculling as well as rowing there is nothing like being captain of an Eight or stroke of a Pair or Four. Rowing 2011-01-15T03:00:32.313Z There are challenge prizes for the house fours and for the sculling and pulling, as the pair-oar outrigger race is called. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z THE BAR Service bar along one side of the main dining room has a full complement of drinks, including several summer coolers, mixed drinks with sculling names like Coxswain, Drive Ten and Catch Point. \| Westport: Boathouse at Saugatuck Stresses Freshness 2010-06-12T01:55:00Z However, if the men's rowers are uncertain of their future, the same is not so for the men's sculling team, whose two double sculls secured an unprecedented one-two finish ahead of Estonia. Searle's comeback continues as GB win 2010-05-30T14:30:00Z A hole should be cut in the top of the stern board for sculling. Campward Ho! A Manual for Girl Scout Camps Training for sculling requires more time and practice than training for rowing. Rowing 2011-01-15T03:00:32.313Z Up to this time London watermen had been considered invincible at sculling. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z "Hi there! one of you men forrard, light the lamp!" said Lewis, ceasing in the motion of sculling. Highway Pirates or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne From that time the keelless racing boat has held its own, fours and pairs and sculling boats all following suit. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" With the ready aid of Don Pedro at the steer-oar, I managed, between sculling and poling, to bring the flat alongside the wharf. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois In writing an article on sculling, a sculler must of necessity be egotistical. Rowing 2011-01-15T03:00:32.313Z When the two met at Henley Mr. Edwardes-Moss was by no means in trim to uphold the honour of British sculling. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z "Turn the light ahead!" ordered Lewis, and once more the sculling oar was set in motion. Highway Pirates or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne In sculling boats the acceptance of the Australian type of build has led to the construction of a much shorter boat with broader beam than that which was in vogue twenty years ago. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" At my request, Alisanda kept within the house, until, by a vigorous bit of sculling, I had sent our craft beyond earshot of the nearest of these barges. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois That used for the Lower Boy sculling is known as a "whiff," an open clinker boat with outriggers. Rowing 2011-01-15T03:00:32.313Z Just about this date a sculling regatta, open to the world, was organised on the Thames. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z By the way, were you sculling across the Channel for a bet?” A Veldt Vendetta Henley regatta was founded in 1839, and since that date the building of racing boats, eights, fours, pairs, and sculling boats, has made great progress. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" But there could be no doubt that a landing was intended, for the little sail had been lowered, and one of the men was sculling toward the beach with an oar. When the Cock Crows Of sculling I do not presume to speak, but those who are curious on this point may be referred to the remarks of Mr. Guy Nickalls in a later chapter. Rowing 2011-01-15T03:00:32.313Z It should be borne in mind that Mr. Brickwood’s field as an amateur lay principally in sculling, which entailed solitary training, unlike that of a member of an eight or four. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z The fact is, I was thinking of what a blessed instrument of Providence was the prow of the Kittiwake when it knocked my sculling boat to matchwood in mid-Channel and brought me here. A Veldt Vendetta Then she heard his cry of “Got the boat,” followed by the clank of a sculling oar and the creak of the guiding-wheel on the hawser. Cynthia's Chauffeur Reinvigorated by the prospect of once more setting foot upon land, they forgot for the moment thirst, hunger, and weariness, and only occupied themselves in sculling their craft towards the shore. The Boy Slaves I am inclined to regard this as the real foundation of New South Wales professional sculling, which afterwards culminated in the performances of Beach and Searle. Rowing 2011-01-15T03:00:32.313Z The pulling and sculling races start from Brocas and go round a ryepack at Rushes and back, a distance of 3 miles 4 furlongs. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z “Rather,” I answered readily, for I fancied myself in the sculling line, it being one of my favourite forms of recreation. A Veldt Vendetta He was soon sculling for the mouth of the archway, which, now he knew where to look for it, could be made out as a darker patch in the dusk of the wall. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts Going aboard the yacht I stood for a moment listening to the lonely sweep of his oar sculling shoreward through the murky night. Wings of the Wind I jumped back to the wheel and tried to bring her up into the wind, but I might as well have tried 235 to steer an ocean liner with a sculling sweep. The Harbor of Doubt Rowing and sculling require scientific instruction more than ever on slides. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z Had I, while resting, been insidiously turned round and was now sculling my utmost out into mid-Channel—and—right into the path of passing shipping? A Veldt Vendetta Row-boats are propelled either by rowing or by sculling; and rowing is either "pulling" or "backing water." Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 I could have sworn somebody was swimming behind me," said Po�ri, as he went on sculling again; "but who would venture into the Nile at such a time as this? The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt He shouted to his companions, but could not tell whether they heard and understood him, for after that he was only conscious of sculling savagely until another sea broke into her and she struck. Hawtrey's Deputy He remained the representative of British professional sculling until the arrival of Edward Hanlan in this country. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z The result is a sculling motion, which carries the boat forward very rapidly. The Critic in the Orient But sculling, and rowing, and cricket, and all the rest of it, with such reading as I am likely to do, won't be enough. Tom Brown at Oxford So in a very short time Alfy found himself sculling the boat along to the shore. The Island House A Tale for the Young Folks And the familiar scenery, together with the wholesome exercise of sculling, acted as a tonic to his nerves. Uncanny Tales The aspirant to sculling honours had better, when commencing to learn, take his first lesson in a gig. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z With sinking heart Percy watched Spurling's shoulders rack and twist as he threw his last ounce into his sculling. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good It is a great pity that some of our instructors in more important matters than sculling will not take a leaf out of the same book. Tom Brown at Oxford At the last sight she had of them before rounding the first bend they were still sculling. The Huntress The dory went along very smoothly under Amos’s sculling and with the aid of the tide. A Little Maid of Province Town The leg action, as compared to swing, should be just the same when sculling as in rowing. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z Wrenching the port oar from his horrified mate, he sprang aft, dropped it in the notch on the stern, headed the boat once more for the island, and began sculling with all his might. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good A light, clinker-built, very narrow pleasure-boat for sculling, i.e. rowing a pair of sculls. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Shand and Jack took turns at sculling the larger craft, and Bela loafed on her paddle that they might keep up with her. The Huntress In calm weather, where guns are not used, the greatest caution is necessary before a whale can be reached; smooth careful rowing is always requisite, and sometimes sculling is practiced. Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. Now, in sculling, a man should go back much further than he does when rowing an oar. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z Noiselessly, under Spurling's skilful sculling, it slipped out of the cove and vanished behind the ledges to the east. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good "It is that old gentleman who, they say, is staying at the hotel with his son, and their man-servant is sculling them up the very stiffest bit of the current." Littlebourne Lock Out in the lake behind them their pursuers were struggling forward, sculling with the remaining oar. The Huntress When the men drew a little nearer Wyllard stood up with the big sculling oar in his hand. Masters of the Wheat-Lands In sculling, with a very long swing back it is not a fault to commence the recovery of the body while the hands are still completing their journey home to the ribs. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z Heave that suit-case over—unless you can find any more of your cousin's admirers sculling about the country. The Long Trick A man was sculling shoreward from a fishing schooner that lay at anchor off the docks; and a whaleboat crawled like a spider across the 15 harbor toward Fairhaven on the other side. All the Brothers Were Valiant This I firmly fixed to the boat’s transom, so that, when necessary, we could use one of the oars to steer with; or for sculling purposes. The First Mate The Story of a Strange Cruise He quit sculling and stood up in the stern of the boat, allowing it to make the distance which separated it from the schooner by its own momentum. Isle o' Dreams He can clear his knees with a shorter stretcher when sculling than when rowing, as he can easily see for himself. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z It swam with a swift movement of its forefeet, while its hind legs, stretched out behind with the tail, twisted powerfully, like a big sculling oar. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life One was a light skiff, in which a girl, clad in white jersey and white flannel skirt, with a white Tam o' Shanter pinned on her head, was sculling leisurely towards the town. The World Peril of 1910 Instead of going up the river in a pair-oar or a four, he now went up in a sculling boat or a canoe, and seemed to enjoy himself quite as much. The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story We were now all paddling away with might and main, two on each side, the black steering and sculling with his paddle at the same time. In the Wilds of Florida A Tale of Warfare and Hunting As to ‘wash,’ if a man can sit a sculling boat, he does not care much for wash. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z "Sail would be very appropriate," suggested Will, who was still laboriously sculling. Cricket at the Seashore Reinvigorated by the prospect of once more setting foot upon land, they forgot for the moment thirst, hunger, and weariness; and only occupied themselves in sculling their craft towards the shore. The Boy Slaves The Japanese boats differ from the European in being propelled not by rowing but by sculling. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Noddy was sculling off before he had done his work, and I called him back. Work and Win or, Noddy Newman on a Cruise But the fragile sculling boat, with no keel, and about thirteen inches of beam, resents these liberties, and requires ‘sitting’ in addition, whenever any inequality of work takes her off her balance. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z "I'll stop sculling, and eat in comfort now," said Will, shipping his oar, and taking a sandwich. Cricket at the Seashore A few minutes more, and I had swung myself over the gunwale, and was sculling with eager strokes down the smooth waters of the bayou. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire The mate placed the gaff across the bows of the gig and thrust an oar over the stern, sculling the boat alongside, with the snake trailing in the water. Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy "I never saw any like them before," replied Noddy, still sculling the boat towards the Roebuck. Work and Win or, Noddy Newman on a Cruise Steerage apparatus is in these days fitted to many a sculling boat. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z None yet, but we are making way slowly, with the sculling and the tide. Cricket at the Seashore An hour afterwards I found myself on my way up stream sculling as fast as I could in the direction of the Theodora. A Master of Mysteries They were drifting before a light breeze on a hill lake; Ricardo was fishing, and Jaqueline was sculling a stroke now and then, just to keep the boat right with the wind. Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia being the adventures of Prince Prigio's son The Fijian canoes can also be propelled by means of sculling, the sculler using a broad-bladed scull about ten feet in length. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships We have known some builders ask 15l. for a sculling boat. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z "Those questions are too difficult to be answered off-hand," said Will, sculling in his turn. Cricket at the Seashore He now sat with it over the stern, sculling gently—very gently, however, for he reserved the little strength that remained to him for the critical moment. The Island Queen Pushing with the pole, sculling with the rude oar, and paddling with a plank torn off, they made for the scene of the explosion. The Battery and the Boiler Adventures in Laying of Submarine Electric Cables A large canoe can be got through the water at the rate of two or three miles an hour by sculling. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships A long-legged man, sculling, may use a much longer slide than a short man. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z "Cricket's a born joke," said Will, resuming his sculling. Cricket at the Seashore In calm weather, as I afterwards observed, the natives propel these canoes simply by sculling; a man standing astern and working the scull with both hands—a very slow process. Twice Lost Then there is a sculling sweepstakes, open to all the school. Ernest Bracebridge School Days Tired as he was he seized his one oar and began sculling home. Priscilla's Spies In those days, whether in University matches or in public sculling races, the lead was a matter of special importance. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z Fortunately for itself, my shouts startled the iguana, which took to the water, and swam away, sculling itself forward by meant of its long tail at a rapid rate. On the Banks of the Amazon Then the sculling began again, the rustling was repeated somewhere behind where Nic crouched, and he felt for the muskets to take them up. Nic Revel A White Slave's Adventures in Alligator Land Then all was silence and darkness save where the movement of an oar sculling over the stern made the water flash and gleam with phosphorescence, and raised up ripples of pale lambent, golden light. The Black Bar “I saw two lads in a boat sculling away from the pier as hard as they could go.” The Lost Middy Being the Secret of the Smugglers' Gap Brickwood was last, rowing his own style, and sculling longest of the three. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z It came on a regular squall, and I didn’t see the fun of sculling after about a couple of hours. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life "There's a sculling hole in the back of the stern seat, Shack!" he called out, being more up in the bow himself. Afloat on the Flood Look there!” and I pointed to a dorsal fin that was sculling lazily along half-a-dozen fathoms away. A Middy of the Slave Squadron A West African Story Soon they came in sight of the river and saw Stillwater in a small craft, sculling his way to the opposite shore. The Boy Land Boomer Dick Arbuckle's Adventures in Oklahoma All that has been said of the use of slides applies equally to sculling as to rowing. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z It is very interesting to think of the numerous types of locomotion which animals have discovered—pulling and punting, sculling and rowing, and of the changes that are rung on these four main methods. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told "I'd like to have a chance at that sculling racket, anyhow, Max; never took a turn at the same, and so you'd better let me try it when we get in closer to shore." Afloat on the Flood He was working like a giant, and Toby, too, was putting all the strength he possessed upon the sculling oar. Left on the Labrador A Tale of Adventure Down North The Indians, however, consider such feats much in the same light as a person fond of boating would think of pulling a pair of oars, or sculling himself across the current of a rivulet. Canada and the Canadians Volume I These illustrations of two of the best scullers ever seen bidding for impossible leads, and then realising their mistakes in time, may be taken to heart by all modern and future aspirants to sculling honour. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z A second glance disclosed the dinghy half way to the beach, while in her stern, sculling her swiftly along with practised hand, stood the wooden-headed young savage who didn't know how to manage a boat. Under the Great Bear The body is kept in position by working the hands the same as in sculling. Swimming Scientifically Taught A Practical Manual for Young and Old But as soon as the boat was refitted, they got George Macwha to go with them for cockswain; and under his instructions, they made rapid progress in rowing and sculling. Alec Forbes of Howglen Waiting for the word to paddle was even worse than waiting for the starter's gun in a sculling race. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure The strongest man only wastes his strength in sculling if he fails to obtain even work for each hand. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z "Of course, I will," replied Cabot; and in another minute the young skipper was sculling ashore in the dinghy, while the schooner drifted more slowly in the same direction. Under the Great Bear Instantly Neils unshipped the remaining oar, sprang to the stern, and attempted, by sculling, to keep the skiff's head up to the waves. Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates On the next evening Professor Selwyn delighted the eyes and the hearts of all Johnians by sculling down the river to salute the Head of the River. Sagittulae, Random Verses Standing up in the stern-sheets by her side, I kept on sculling gently. Romance On the tideway in sculling matches, it is usual for pilots to conduct scullers. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z The levers clanked furiously, and Venning, who had suspended his sculling under the menace of the shot, tugged again at his work. In Search of the Okapi A Story of Adventure in Central Africa However, I heard a fortnight before the entries closed that he was out on the river every morning sculling. The Queen's Cup Of course, an A.B. must be able to pull an oar, as well as use it in sculling, understand the management of a boat under sail, and know how to cross a surf. The Lieutenant and Commander Being Autobigraphical Sketches of His Own Career, from Fragments of Voyages and Travels I kept on sculling, and gradually the sharp fusillade of dry twigs grew more distant, more muffled in the fog. Romance The next University race was not rowed with slides, but a couple of minor sculling races in the spring were rowed with them. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z Near the mill I wasn't; about the woods and river I was; and I saw him pass down in the sculling boat with his disabled arm. Elster's Folly I did not so much mind that, for my line was chiefly sculling. The Queen's Cup Dan was sculling like mad, but his efforts, compared to the might of the sea, were puny. Dan Merrithew "He says so, and that he recognized you as you were sculling up the creek." Poison Island He took to sculling and rowing quite as naturally as a duck takes to swimming. The Nursery, No. 107, November, 1875, Vol. XVIII. A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers His lordship was just sculling down, and then I knew it was some one else had gone by the lodge, and not him. Elster's Folly Just sailors, on the other hand, smacked of gentle sculling exercise in the dinghy on the lake, so I said, "Let's be just sailors." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, June 27, 1917 There could be no doubt, even at that distance, that the tall man standing aft and manipulating the long sculling oar, was Doctor Joe. Troop One of the Labrador But I set the steering oar in the sculling rowlock aft, and did what I could in that way. A Sea Queen's Sailing And, sculling rapidly, we were at the wharf again before he had time to raise objections. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 The crew all lived aft on the great overhanging stern, where the cooking was done, and where the handle of the great "yuloe," or sculling oar, protruded. St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878 "Why," answered Bill, "when he throws himself right about face, and then goes sculling backwards." The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times "Look sharp now, lads!" shouted the man at the sculling oar, as the boat and the skiff, rising and falling upon the swell, approached each other. Bobby of the Labrador "I ain't denyin' of it," was the reply of that individual, who was now sculling the boat about the whale in a great circle. Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885 They rise rapidly from the very bottom to the surface of the water, by rowing and sculling as it were with fins and tail, and this powerful impetus bears them upwards in the air. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 I thought of throwing Bludger overboard, and sculling, but determined not to stain what might be my last moments with an act of selfishness. In the Wrong Paradise She eyed Lawford covertly as, with swelling muscles and lithe, swinging body, he drove his sculling oar. Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper The Crown Prince went often alone, and then he would lie flat on his stomach and steer with his long legs, as if he were sculling a boat. The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 It is pleasant sculling up to a distant point, and sounding by the way so as to get off the sand and over the pebbly bottom as soon as possible. In the Footprints of the Padres They pushed on until outside of the breakers and among the smooth-rolling waves, where the deepening water made poling difficult and they resumed their sculling. Dick in the Everglades Langholm signed to him to lead the way, and in a very few minutes they were scaring the wildfowl in mid-water, Steel sculling from the after thwart, while Langholm faced him from the crimson cushions. The Shadow of the Rope The mate bent on the steering gear with sudden violence, turned the lifeboat's head with a swirl, and began sculling her toward the canoe. A Master of Fortune Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle He walked toward the beach and prepared to shove off the dinghy, preparatory to sculling out to the hydroplane, which lay a few rods off shore in the channel. The Boy Scouts of the Eagle Patrol Raoul was alone, sculling the light yawl with a single hand, and he exerted himself to meet these unexpected and, in the circumstances, unwelcome visitors, as far as possible from the rocks. The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet Yet he was under water so long that when he came to the surface Captain Wilson was in a dingy sculling like mad to reach him. Dick in the Everglades He broke out again in his mocking laugh, and, sculling rapidly backward, soon put the distance between him and the improvised barrier. Calvert of Strathore In a small boat which had been towed behind the catboat, a couple of pirates—big, rough-looking fellows—were sculling rapidly toward the children. The Wonderful Bed A few seconds later he was in the dinghy and sculling out over the water to the speedy Flying Fish. The Boy Scouts of the Eagle Patrol And just below bridge, as we were sculling home, Riderhood crept out of the dark in his boat. Our Mutual Friend "All right," said the captain, who was sculling, and he headed the dingy for shore, where it struck on a reef at the mouth of a stream. Dick in the Everglades With a single scull she was quite helpless, as she had not the art of sculling a boat from the stern. The Blue Lagoon: a romance You are liable to occasionally splash a little when sculling, and it appeared that a drop of water ruined those costumes. Three Men in a Boat Sleep, after heavy sculling, had come to them early, and by a corresponding accident they awoke before it was light. The Innocence of Father Brown Yet he had his diversions and was fond of sculling, and kept a "lock-up," or private boat, for his own use. The Grand Old Man Only three hours later, as Johnny was sculling over a shallow bank, he stopped work and began to thump the bottom with his oar. Dick in the Everglades I had another escape from drowning, while we lay in the docks, having fallen overboard from the jolly-boat, while making an attempt at sculling. Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast I was sculling, and asked the fellows who were steering if they thought it could be done, and they said, oh, yes, they thought so, if I pulled hard. Three Men in a Boat In relief Madden turned over on his back, laid his hat across his face, then with hands resting on chest, he began sculling along with knees and feet. The Cruise of the Dry Dock I was soundly rated by the mate for my carelessness in allowing the boat to get adrift, and my shipmates were unsparing in their reproaches for my ignorance of the important art of sculling. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale Without Prépimpin he felt lost, like a man in a sculling race with only one oar. The Mountebank The waters twinkled full of light to the very foreground of the canvas, and between the piers of the harbor a fisher-boy was sculling his boat. Lying Prophets Oh, yes; you’re the party that wrote for a double sculling skiff. Three Men in a Boat Criticism had succeeded to action in sculling and in cricket. Coningsby The two pieces of ground were connected by a long strip of frontage which he acquired, thereby saving the willows and alders which then sheltered that reach, and made it a windless course for sculling. The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1 Hardy was out sculling every day on the river, and was consequently in good training. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction Mere Public Schools boxing and fencing champion, and best man-at-arms at Sandhurst, with a score or so of pots for running, jumping, sculling, swimming, shooting, boxing, fencing, steeple-chasing and so forth. Snake and Sword A Novel This makes it look picturesque; but it irritates you from a towing or sculling point of view, and causes argument between the man who is pulling and the man who is steering. Three Men in a Boat Job was sitting in the stern, sculling gently with the steering oar and watching us. The Boats of the "Glen Carrig" I was away from the ship and sculling furiously for the shore in about the same time that it has taken to write this particular sentence. A Rogue by Compulsion But the truth soon began to dawn upon him that pulling, especially sculling, does not, like reading and writing, come by nature. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction Slowly but steadily they moved, the paddle remaining in the water, sculling the little craft along as if it were a log drifting in the water. Wild Northern Scenes Sporting Adventures with the Rifle and the Rod Some of them have been men once: perhaps one retains his sculling skill, and is occasionally engaged by a gentleman to give him lessons. The Open Air The road becomes a marsh which we cross on our heels, while our feet make the sound of sculling. Under Fire: the story of a squad Before he could recover himself I was ten yards from the shore, sculling vigorously for the centre of the stream. A Rogue by Compulsion It is a tough and heedless fish, biting from impulse, without nibbling, and from impulse refraining to bite, and sculling indifferently past. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers Once more afloat, we found that the wind had entirely died away, and Steve's sculling pushed the boat along but slowly. The Lure of the Labrador Wild Another mile or more; another rest: decidedly sculling against a swift current is work—downright work. The Open Air "Do you mind sculling?" said Fleur severely, "I want to get in." To Let I was out of practice for sculling, and if the coast-guards chose to interfere it was obviously only a question of a few minutes before they would succeed in rowing me down. A Rogue by Compulsion We saw about this coast marvellous great abundance of seals sculling together like sculls of small fish. Voyages in Search of the North-West Passage “Besides,” said I, “I may manage to do a little more with my sculling than merely keeping the boat from drifting down stream.” News from Nowhere, or, an Epoch of Rest : being some chapters from a utopian romance Thus to journey on from place to place would be the great charm of the river—travelling by water, not merely sculling to and fro, but really travelling. The Open Air I was furiously angry and it was some moments before I recovered self-possession sufficiently to get my remaining oar over the skiff's stern and, by sculling, hold her against the tide. The Rise of Roscoe Paine She scrambled aft, and unshipping the dinghy, came sculling towards me across the intervening water. A Rogue by Compulsion In another minute the dinghy was plainly visible, not twenty yards away, and the sculler—sculling frantically now—was unmistakably Jules—Jules in a light tweed suit and a bowler hat. The Grand Babylon Hotel On the bright waters, below, young clerks were sculling their inamoratas up and down; the ripples set free by their oars gleamed beneath the sun, and ducks swam lazily along the banks. Fraternity Each day he took a sculling skiff, and pulled down to near Holm Oaks, on the chance of her being on the river; but the house was two miles off, and the chance but slender. The Island Pharisees The sailors went back to their sculling, and the coxswain steered the longboat toward the floating barrel. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea It is quite true, however, that small rafts carrying several of these birds, with a fisherman gently sculling at the stern, may be seen on the rivers of southern China. The Civilization of China He followed the plan of Hilliard and Merriman to the extent of hiring a boat in Hull and sculling gently down towards the wharf as dusk fell. The Pit Prop Syndicate It came in the form of a young man with light hair and a candid expression, who came sculling down the river and disembarked at the landing stage. The Man Who Knew Too Much And the course—well, if was not steering, it was sculling; the old bumboat was wobbling all around like a drunken tailor with two left legs. The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales They had carefully muffled their oars, and now they turned north and began sculling gently inshore. The Pit Prop Syndicate "Hope?" repeated March, and stopped sculling for an instant. The Man Who Knew Too Much
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