Boys' own book : a complete encyclopedia of athletic, scientific, outdoor, and indoor sports (1881)
Clarke, William, 1800-1838 · New York : J. Miller, Publisher · leaf 216
in the row-lock. Its object is to keep theoar as nearly as possible in one position in the row-lock, andprevent its slipping through. At the point of the oar wherethe button is fixed commences the blade, which is long andbroad, thick at the commencement near the handle, and be-coming thinner toward… … PAIR-OARED OTJTKIGGED GIG. attempt to manage an oar until he has had some little ex-perience with the lighter instrument. The boat chosenshould be a pair-oared boat, of moderate size—neither soheavy as to be unmanageable by inexperienced hands, nor solight as to involve the danger of being upset.…
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