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Meanings of many oars in English

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Usage of many oars in English
1
She appeared to be a swift craft, rowing a great many oars.
The Lion of Saint Mark: A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Cent...
2
He couldn't see how many oars it carried, but one thing was certain.
New york: the novel
3
I heard a boat rowed by many oars approach the vessel.
The Young Carthaginian: A Story of The Times of Hannibal
4
The smallest boat of this fleet could carry twelve sailors, and be rowed by as many oars.
The Danish History, Books I-IX
5
And there, beside a little jetty, lay a ship without mast or sail but with many oars.
The silver chair
6
This was repeated several times, and was followed by a rhythmic sound like the regular splash of many oars.
Under the Andes
7
I, for my part, was loaded only with three arquebuses, as many oars, my cloak, and some small articles.
Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 03
8
Thou knowest that the first trial is always between gondolas of many oars, steered by the best esteemed of the canals.
The Bravo: A Tale
9
And all the gondolas followed, with the soft plash of many oars, on and on, after the swinging lanterns and the syren voice.
A Venetian June
10
A few years later and, with rhythmic sway of black bodies and dip of many oars, came the barges of the river planters.
Virginia: the Old Dominion / As seen from its colonial waterway,...
11
Our having three men hurt in the launch made some difference, too, and set as many oars catching crabs at a most critical instant.
The Wing-and-Wing; Or, Le Feu-Follet
12
Later she saw that it was long and low, propelled by a single sail and many oars, and that it carried quite a company.
The Monster Men
13
"They are not fishermen, truly, for there are many oars and a canopy!"
The Bravo: A Tale
14
"How many oars does she pull?"
Marco Paul's Voyages and Travels; Vermont
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