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oary, a.|ˈɔərɪ|
[f. oar n. + -y.]
1. a. Of the nature, or having the function of, an oar or oars; oar-like. b. Furnished with oars; oared.
1667Milton P.L. vii. 440 The Swan with Arched neck..proudly Rowes Her state with Oarie feet. 1791Cowper Iliad ii. 198 All launch their oary barks into the flood. 1832J. Austin Sel. Grk. Choric Poet., æschylus' Agam. 53 So, when bereaved the vultures ply Their oary wings athwart the sky. 1871R. Ellis Catullus lxvi. 53 Came and shook thro' heaven his pennons oary before me.
2. Comb. (parasynthetic), as oary-footed, oary-winged, having oary feet, wings.
1872Geo. Eliot Middlem. Prel. (1878) 3 Here and there a cygnet..never finds the living stream in fellowship with its own oary-footed kind. 1871R. Ellis Catullus iv. 4 Oary⁓wing'd alike To fleet beyond them, or to scud beneath a sail. |