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Meanings of muffled oars in English

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Usage of muffled oars in English
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In dead silence, with muffled oars, we pulled in towards the shore.
Old Jack
2
The troops were taken on shore in flat-bottomed boats, with muffled oars.
The Land We Live In / The Story of Our Country
3
They rowed steadily on with muffled oars, making as little splash as possible.
The Three Midshipmen
4
With muffled oars and in dead silence away they pulled.
True Blue
5
They came up in a body, rowing with muffled oars.
One of the 28th: A Tale of Waterloo
6
The boats shoved off, and away we pulled, with muffled oars, towards the shore.
Charley Laurel: A Story of Adventure by Sea and Land
7
The muffled oars sent forth no sound till the boats pulled up before the forts.
The Heir of Kilfinnan: A Tale of the Shore and Ocean
8
The first raft-loads were paddled across with muffled oars.
How Jerusalem Was Won / Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign i...
9
And she went, as the heroes drove her, grim and silent all, with muffled oars.
Young Folks' Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) / Myths and Legendary He...
10
I know you came on blindly on top of us, and with muffled oars, too.
The Rescue: A Romance of the Shallows
11
A whaleboat stole up towards us with muffled oars.
Quicksilver
12
With muffled oars they pulled up the harbour.
Tales of the Sea, and of Our Jack Tars
13
Nearly an hour later, the two boys in the dinghy approached the puzzling craft with muffled oars.
The Cruise of the Dry Dock
14
With muffled oars and in perfect silence we pulled towards where the wreck was supposed to be.
Salt Water: The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midsh...
15
None of the English had muffled oars.
The Wing-and-Wing; Or, Le Feu-Follet
16
And all the melodramatic plots I conceived, the muffled oars and the midnight visits to my Sylvia?
Sylvia's Marriage: A Novel
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Muffled oars across language varieties
United Kingdom
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