Row , n. The act of
rowing; excursion in a rowboat.
Row , v. i. 1. To
use the oar;
as, to row well.
2. To be
moved by oars; as, the boat rows easily.
Row (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rowed (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Rowing.]
[AS.
r&?;wan; akin to D.
roeijen, MHG. rüejen, Dan. roe, Sw. ro,
Icel. r&?;a, L. remus oar, Gr. &?;, Skr.
aritra. √8. Cf. Rudder.]
1. To propel with oars, as a boat or vessel, along the surface of water; as, to
row a boat.
2. To transport in a boat
propelled with oars; as, to row the captain ashore in his
barge.
Row (?), n. [OE.
rowe, rawe, rewe, AS. rāw, r&?;w;
probably akin to D. rij, G.
reihe; cf. Skr. r&?;khā a line, stroke.]
A series of persons or things arranged in a continued line; a line;
a rank; a file; as, a row of trees; a row of
houses or columns.
And there were windows in three rows.
1 Kings vii.
4. The bright seraphim in burning row.
Milton. Row culture (Agric.),
the practice of cultivating crops in drills.
-- Row of points
(Geom.), the points on
a line, infinite in number, as the points in which a pencil of rays is intersected by a
line.
Row , n. [Abbrev. fr.
rouse, n.]
A noisy, turbulent quarrel or disturbance; a brawl. [Colloq.]
Byron.
Row (?), a. & adv. [See Rough.]
Rough; stern; angry. [Obs.] "Lock he never so
row." Chaucer.
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