Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The use of oars in rowing; rowing.
- noun Apparatus of the nature of oars, or resembling oars in action.
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- noun archaic The act of using
oars ;rowing . - noun archaic, poetic A
sweeping motion that resemblesrowing . - noun
Equipment used forrowing .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Flying through the depth of air on winged oarage, the fleet messenger alights on the Libyan coasts.
The Aeneid of Virgil 70 BC-19 BC Virgil
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Here, on the first land he retrod, he dedicated his winged oarage to thee, O Phoebus, in the vast temple he built.
The Aeneid of Virgil 70 BC-19 BC Virgil
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Thence he gazes down on the world, staying awhile in that far height [36] the ceaseless oarage of his wings and, poised almost motionless with hovering flight, looks all around him and seeks what prey he shall choose whereon to swoop [37] sudden like a thunderbolt from heaven on high.
The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura Lucius Apuleius 1914
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And yet quite comparable with this seems Kelley's device to indicate the oarage of the genie's mighty wings as he disappears into the sky: liquid _glissandos_ on the upper harp-strings, with chromatic runs upon the elaborately divided violins, at length changed to sustained and most ethereally fluty harmonics.
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The yacht was flying down the current under her powerful oarage.
A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. William Stearns Davis 1903
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The oarage of his wings, and built a stately fane.
The Aeneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor 70 BC-19 BC Virgil 1902
reesetee commented on the word oarage
1) Apparatus or fittings associated with oars; rowing equipment. 2) The action of oars, rowing; movement of limbs, etc., in a manner resembling that of oars.
November 5, 2008