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 ===== Nordisk Familjebok - Fjärde upplagan - 1951 =====
-Åra, redskap för framdrivning av båtar med rodd el. vrickning. Å. består av det platta årbladet, årskaftet, vanl. runt, samt århandtaget; den del av skaftet, som är närmast handtaget, kallas (å r)l o m. Å. tillverkas av ask el. gran.
+**Åra**, redskap för framdrivning av båtar med rodd el. vrickning. Å. består av det platta årbladet, årskaftet, vanl. runt, samt århandtaget; den del av skaftet, som är närmast handtaget, kallas (å r)l o m. Å. tillverkas av ask el. gran.
+===== The Sailor's Word-Book - 1867 =====
+**OAR**. A slender piece of timber used as a lever to propel a boat through the water. The blade is dipped into the water, while the other end within board, termed the loom, is small enough to be grasped by the rower. The silver oar is a badge of office, similar to the staff of a peace-officer, which on presentation, enables a person intrusted with a warrant to serve it on board any ship he may set foot upon.— To boat the oars, is to cease rowing and lay the oars in the boat.— Get your oars to pass! The order to prepare them for rowing, or shipping them.
 ===== Dictionary of Nautical Words and Terms - 1982 =====

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