Word: grab
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Dates: during 1874-1874
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...does not "get the hands away" immediately, but "buckets forward" with the body, the hands are caught between the body and knees in an awkward position; some force is required to get them forward, and he has no time to begin the stroke properly, but must make a wild grab at the water. Moreover, he is never in a position where he can draw a good, full breath, but is obliged to row with lungs half inflated, as fatal an error as could be made. Care should also be taken that no man gets forward too soon...