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Next, using that remarkable, newly discovered tool, his rodent teeth, he made two long oars, or sweeps, which he placed in notches he had gnawed out for oarlocks.

Rowing, or crew, uses rowing oars that are attached to a boat using oarlocks, unlike paddles, which are unattached.

But see him now, his taut arms and tight fists gripping the oars, balanced in their oarlocks.

Just the slow periodic rack and shuffle of the oarlocks.

As I bent to the oarlock a weakness ran all through my body.