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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

randan style of rowing (or boat) in which the middle of three rowers pulls a pair of sculls, the others an oar each. XIX. of uncert. orig.

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