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“Lyra, run forrard and dowse that glim,” said Brabandt, easing the throttle back and reaching out with his other hand for the stern light.
From Slate • Jun. 10, 2019
Talbot has become aware of suffering -- his own and that of his fellow passengers, the crew and the poor emigrants huddled "forrard" in the heaving ship.
From Time Magazine Archive
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XI Expecting to be kicked into the sea if he didn't do as he was told, the boy got forrard at once.
From The Sailor by Snaith, J. C.
By this time I had become rather a favourite forrard, as well as something of a toy, being very small for my age and precocious as might be expected from my antecedents.
From The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life by Bullen, Frank T.
Bidding the mate go forrard and superintend the raising of the anchor, I gave the necessary orders for getting sail on her.
From In Strange Company A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas by Boothby, Guy Newell
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