cockswain
Example Sentences
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"Cast off the after fall, Stoody!" said he sharply to the cockswain; and the order was promptly obeyed.
From Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East by Oliver Optic
But a Yankee sailor is a hard man to kill—in three weeks cockswain James was at his post again.
From Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 by James Barnes
"The pilot says, my Lord, that she is so, and looking for her husband," the cockswain answered.
From A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition by William A. Ross
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
The cockswain, working like a telegraph with his swinging oar, generally contrived to pick off these skirmishers.
From A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition by William A. Ross
