cockswain
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From Fighting for the Right by A. B. Shute
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
The cockswain persuaded us that the seal was dead to a certainty; but that P—— had stowed such a locker of shot in its head, it was too heavy to float.
From A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition by William A. Ross
Accordingly, the boats were got out, and part of the cargo at once transferred to them, and conveyed to the shore, I acting as cockswain on the occasion.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 444 Volume 18, New Series, July 3, 1852 by William Chambers
Watching for the favorable moment, he gave the order to the cockswain and bowman to lower away, with the aid of the oarsmen near them.
From Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East by Oliver Optic
