cockswain

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"Why, the place is as silent as a grave-yard," muttered the old cockswain of the cutter.

From The Portland Sketch Book by Various

"Had those gulls not better be picked up?" said R——, while loading his gun, to the cockswain.

From A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition by Ross, William A.

Note that the spelling "cockswain" is standard for this text.

From Stand By The Union by Bridgman, L. J. (Lewis Jesse)

Rowing the boat to the spot, the cockswain and his messmate used their whole strength to pull the animal on board, its dimensions not being contemptible.

From A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition by Ross, William A.

And we will back the cockswain to any amount, though he was then only fifteen, and probably did not weigh more than five stone.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 by Various