Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Oared \Oared\, a.
   1. Furnished with oars; -- chiefly used in composition; as, a
      four-oared boat.

   2. (Zo["o]l.)
      (a) Having feet adapted for swimming.
      (b) Totipalmate; -- said of the feet of certain birds. See
          Illust. of {Aves}.

   {Oared shrew} (Zo["o]l.), an aquatic European shrew
      ({Crossopus ciliatus}); -- called also {black water
      shrew}.