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v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Rowed p. pr. & vb. n. Rowing. ] [ AS. r&unr_;wan; akin to D. roeijen, MHG. rüejen, Dan. roe, Sw. ro, Icel. r&unr_;a, L. remus oar, Gr. &unr_;, 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To transport in a boat propelled with oars; as, to row the captain ashore in his barge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of rowing; excursion in a rowboat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Abbrev. fr. rouse, n. ] A noisy, turbulent quarrel or disturbance; a brawl. [ Colloq. ] Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. rowe, rawe, rewe, AS. rāw, r&unr_;w; probably akin to D. rij, G. reihe; cf. Skr. r&unr_;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. [ 1913 Webster ]

And there were windows in three rows. 1 Kings vii. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

The bright seraphim in burning row. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To use the oar; as, to row well. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be moved by oars; as, the boat rows easily. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That may be rowed, or rowed upon. “That long barren fen, once rowable.” B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Rowan tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rowan barry, a barry of the rowan tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Cf. Sw. rönn, Dan. rönne, Icel. reynir, and L. ornus. ] (Bot.) A european tree (Pyrus aucuparia) related to the apple, but with pinnate leaves and flat corymbs of small white flowers followed by little bright red berries. Called also roan tree, and mountain ash. The name is also applied to two American trees of similar habit (Pyrus Americana, and Pyrus sambucifolia). [ 1913 Webster ]