oary

American  

[awr-ee, ohr-ee] / ˈɔr i, ˈoʊr i /

adjective

Archaic.

1. oarlike.

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Etymology

Origin of oary

First recorded in 1660–70; oar + -y ¹

Example Sentences

One stroke unseen, with oary feet,   One stroke—away she sweeps; Over the waters pale we fleet,   Suspended in the deeps.

From A Hidden Life and Other Poems by MacDonald, George

In vain the crowding pack   Draw on the margin of the stream, or cut   The liquid wave with oary feet, that move   In equal time.

From The Poetical Works of Addison; Gay's Fables; and Somerville's Chase With Memoirs and Critical Dissertations, by the Rev. George Gilfillan by

Rush into the throng; by force210 Detain them of thy soothing speech, ere yet All launch their oary barks into the flood.

From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William

The swan, with arched neck Between her white wings mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet.

From Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various

For all the crews, followers of the King, Thy noble Sire, to gratify our Chief, The son of Atreus, chose a diff’rent course, And steer’d their oary barks again to Troy.

From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William