drogher

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It was done, however, in a way, when Needham casting his eyes towards the shore, exclaimed— “The drogher is drifting—we must veer out more cable!”

From The Three Lieutenants by Webb, Archibald

They, at all events, congratulated themselves that they had not been on board the drogher when she was blown away from Saba.

From The Three Lieutenants by Webb, Archibald

Howsoever, matey, it can’t be helped, and you had better up with the port studding-sails, hang out all the rags, and make the old drogher walk.”

From Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life by Wise, H. A. (Henry Augustus)

The next day and the next passed—the drogher did not appear, and the two captains became as anxious as were the three lieutenants to ascertain the fate of their midshipmen.

From The Three Lieutenants by Webb, Archibald

But ye must see by this time, sir, the corvette had come down and rounded to on the weather beam of the drogher, acting like a screen for the schooner close under his lee.

From Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life by Wise, H. A. (Henry Augustus)