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rowing

/ˈɹoʊɪŋ/ noun A2
  1. The action of the verb to row. (uncountable)
  2. The action of propelling a boat with oars. (uncountable)
  3. The rowing of boats as a competitive sport. (uncountable)
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but here's a squadron a-rowing on the sea--
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 2 · C1
Then, just as she thought she really could not endure the ache in her arms and wrists another moment, Gilbert Blythe came rowing under the bridge in Harmon Andrews’s dory!
Anne of Green Gables, p. 225 · C1
If a home is happy it cannot fit too close—let the dresser collapse and become a billiard table; let the mantel turn to a rowing machine, the escritoire to a spare bedchamber, the washstand to an upright piano; let the four walls come together, if they will, so you and your Delia are between.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 2 · C1

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