drogher

Example Sentences

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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)

Needham is a prime seaman, and he will have done what was possible to keep the drogher afloat, though they were sadly short-handed, I own.

From The Three Lieutenants by Webb, Archibald

The wonder was that the drogher still kept afloat; but she was tight and light as a cork—now she was on the top of one sea, now climbing up the side of another.

From The Three Lieutenants by Webb, Archibald

There was no one else with us, the crew of the drogher being already on board to await our coming.

From Romance by Conrad, Joseph

Still the drogher lay over on her side and gave no signs of righting.

From The Three Lieutenants by Webb, Archibald