cockswain
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"Takin' our measure," observed Bill Roberts, cockswain of the Captain's gig, turning to Tom Grattan, the thickset, black-headed captain of the maintop.
From Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 by James Barnes
I jumped up, and running out of the tent, saw the cockswain standing like a nautical statue, motionless, gazing upwards, and with a stick grasped firmly in his hand.
From A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition by William A. Ross
The cockswain of his pinnace, though hit twice, gallantly stuck to the wheel until the boat was out of gunfire.
From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 by James Edward Parrott
The boys instantly obeyed; but being closely pursued by the natives, the cockswain of the pinnace, to whom the charge of the boats was committed, fired a musket over their heads.
From Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods by Andrew Kippis
"Blaze away, your Honours," shouted the cockswain, and mounting to the top of the rock, endeavoured with an oar, which he handled like a flail, to knock down every gull that came within reach.
From A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition by William A. Ross
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