| 单词 | cordage |
| 例句 | All that day the rope gangs were kept busy sending down wood, spikes, cordage, tools and repair materials. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Arriving at a bend in the embankment, we entered into the first warehouse there, a storehouse for some chandlery, and began setting it to flames, touching our brands to cordage and hogsheads. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The work resembles a mathematical pattern and is made of almost 24 miles of cordage dyed in three distinct color palettes. LAX unveils public art by Ball-Nogues, Mark Bradford and Pae White 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z Visitors will also be able to participate in outdoor demonstrations like tule mat weaving, acorn grinding and cordage making. Immerse Yourself in Indigenous Culture 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z Near the campsite authorities found a “lean-to” — a type of crude shelter — made with logs held together by some cordage, a sign that the group was probably trying to find refuge from the weather. They ventured into the Colorado Rockies to live 'off the grid,' away from a scary world. It ended badly 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Moving through the darkened holds of a replica of Christopher Columbus’s ship, visitors on a recent afternoon marveled at the tangle of compasses, cordage and barrels. Theme Park’s Selective History Appeals to a New Spanish Nationalism 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z The pendant's maker drilled a hole in the tooth to allow for some sort of now-lost cordage. The pendant is 20,000 years old. Ancient DNA shows who wore it 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z When he saw the cordage fragment from the flake excavated by Dr. Moncel, he thought to himself, “‘Oh, we’ve got it. Early String Ties Us to Neanderthals 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z Improvements in rope have made the cordage stronger and therefore harder for whales to escape, leading to a surge in the number of extreme cases of entanglement. These whales will be extinct in 25 years, scientists say — unless we act now to save them 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z The modern element primarily refers to Katz's preference for using white and cream-colored cotton rope, but she offers other materials such as vintage yarn, cordage and hand-dyed rope for an infusion of color. Macrame artist Emily Katz to host DIY workshops in L.A. 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z This, however, created competition for Canadian cordage companies, who further faced difficulty exporting their products by the same tariffs that limited the flow of U.S. twine into Canada. The Illegal Trade of Twine 2012-04-23T15:15:11.257Z The Myrtle trembled from truck to kelson, while from aloft a jumble of splintered spars, cordage, and canvas fell upon the deck like a miniature avalanche. The Airship "Golden Hind" 2012-04-21T02:00:26.983Z Moreover, they suggested, “the production of cordage necessitates an understanding of mathematical concepts and general numeracy.” Early String Ties Us to Neanderthals 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z Never did we require cordage and hemp more than we do now. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z There are roses and honeysuckles, wild figs and acacias; over all of which a thick cordage of various creepers twines in clusters. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z After this dreadful sacrifice, we cast our swords into the sea, reserving but one sabre for cutting wood or cordage, as might be necessary.” The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z The inner fibrous bark of various plants; esp. of the lime tree; hence, matting, cordage, etc., made therefrom. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z The cow safe in the fail, her near hind leg is stretched out to its full length, and tied to a convenient post with the universal cordage of Australia, a piece of green hide. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z The ubiquitous palms, here as elsewhere in the Pacific, are vital sources of food, drink, building, and weaving materials and cordage. A Racial Study of the Fijians 2012-03-15T02:00:31.197Z Thereat some of them went digging "just for luck," and found something more exciting even than the silk fittings, chronometers, cordage, and anchors which they had taken from the Arctic—they found gold. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z His father, Joseph N. Howe, was a ship-owner and cordage manufacturer; and his mother, Patty Gridley, was one of the most beautiful women of her day. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging, colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a ship, and who also summons the crew, and performs other duties. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z We shall not feel that the nominal changes and little separations of this world can release us from the strong cordage of this spiritual bond. Transcendentalism in New England A History 2012-02-18T03:00:16.210Z The groaning of strained cordage, the creaking of timbers, the far-off rattle of a boom came off the dark water that lipped the wharves which still fringe three sides of the Square. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Ships there are swaying, Into the distance, Thrum of the cordage, Slap of the sails. Irradiations; Sand and Spray 2012-02-14T03:00:28.347Z No sails beat up to the harbour, With creaking cordage and sailors' song. Goblins and Pagodas 2012-02-14T03:00:24.740Z There are several of these, in different parts of the city, where cordage may be manufactured, to any extent, demanded by the business of the place. Norman's New Orleans and Environs Containing a Brief Historical Sketch of the Territory and State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time 2012-02-13T03:00:18.260Z Its trunk furnishes timber for house-building and furniture; the leaves supply thatch; their footstalks are used as fuel, and also yield a fibre from which cordage is spun. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z The leaves are broad and thick, and about from two to three feet long; they are full of strong fibres, which can be manufactured into cordage, &c. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z The plant which seems to the traveller most curious and singular is the liana, a kind of osier, which serves for cordage, and which is very abundant in all the hot parts of America. Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z Both these kind of vessels were provided with a mast, a square sail, and coils of cordage known by the name of cordelles. The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 2012-02-04T03:00:17.917Z The first, which is less hard, is used for tinder when dried; also for the rigging and smaller cordage of the ships, or as tow for calking them. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 29 of 55 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century 2012-02-03T03:00:18.817Z The screen of haze was drawn aside, and quite clear to the view over a low rock, rose the mast and tangled cordage of a wreck. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z The trunk of the cocoa-nut tree is capable of being made into cordage, and, if tapped, a clear liquid issues, to which the name of arrack is given, which, when fermented, becomes an intoxicating drink. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z A fair wind filled the sheets and hummed through the cordage of the rigging. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z They make strong nets of cordage, having a large mesh to catch emus, kangaroos, or wallabies. Early Days in North Queensland 2012-01-24T03:00:29.987Z The majagua tree grows as high as 40 ft.; from its bark is made cordage of the finest quality, which is scarcely affected by the atmosphere. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z Hemp, hemp, n. a plant with a fibrous bark used for cordage, coarse cloth, &c.: the fibrous rind prepared for spinning.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z The wind was fitful, and now and again terribly fierce; the sails, cordage, and masts creaked, and swayed to and fro. Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z The storm, sweeping along above the seething water, had a singular piercing, almost metallic, note, quite unlike the singing and whistling made among the sails and cordage. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z Many fibrous plants, suitable for the manufacture of paper and cordage, are found in profusion. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z Its industrial establishments include foundries, sugar refineries, manufactures of furniture and other articles of wood, a skate factory and rope and cordage works, the produce of which are all exported. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z Around the vessels the crews built a wall of ice; and in ice huts they stowed away their cordage and stores to make room for exercise on the decks. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z Semi-tar boards, made from better grade stock than mill board, should have in their composition a certain amount of rags and hemp or naval cordage. Library Bookbinding 2011-12-24T03:07:58.950Z At dawn on the 20th the masts and cordage showed a thick incrustation of salt, thus giving unmistakable evidence of the great height to which the spray had been driven. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z Manufactures limited to coarse cotton cloth, hats, cordage, leather and alpaca. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z McBain’s boat was called away, for the ship had slipped her ice-anchors, and was drifting seaward, with the wind roaring wildly through rigging and cordage. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z These persons receive tribute of him every year in cordage and other produce of the country. A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century 2011-12-11T03:00:10.483Z Made of naval cordage, they are very tough and hard to work. Library Bookbinding 2011-12-24T03:07:58.950Z Evidently the buccaneers did not wish to sink us, for they directed their fire principally at our spars and cordage. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z Our lady, who had three pairs of sheets that her children had sent her, undid some articles of clothing and made cordage and a sail; she sewed them with silk, for she had no thread. Memoirs of Leonora Christina Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark; Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 2011-11-26T03:00:13.823Z And their masts were bare of sails, spars, or even cordage, just bare poles sticking up out of the hulls like blighted pine trees. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z They are also great navigators in very large ships which they call jungos, of two masts, of a different make from ours, the sails are of matting, and so also the cordage. A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century 2011-12-11T03:00:10.483Z Some are of very great depth and can only be explored with the aid of much cordage and many lights. Climbing in The British Isles. Vol. 1 - England 2011-11-14T03:00:21.670Z "If we can be of service to you in the matter of spare spars, cordage, or gear, you have but to say so." The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z Over one of the faces of the wall arose the masts of the vessels at the quay, which with their multitudinous cordage enlacing and crossing in every direction, looked from a distance like monstrous spiders. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z The land-locked harbour is bordered by broad white quays, glistering in the sun's rays, with heaps of tarry cordage, and canvas distilling characteristically marine odours. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z And all the time I can 193 hear the wind shrieking and yelling through the cordage like the chorus of a million devils. The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z They could hear the wind whistling amidst the cordage, could see the light in the captain's cabin, and the heads of the officers of the watch as they paced up and down the quarter-deck. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. II (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:24.180Z To convey an animal like this several buffaloes and a whole system of cordage was necessary. The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines 2011-10-22T02:00:26.240Z The cordage whistled, the masts creaked in the holes imprisoning them, and the sails bellied under the breath of the breeze which tipped the boats more than was relished by the ladies. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z This is the udal tree which thus provides a natural cordage of wonderful strength. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z Aloft, where only an hour before the two well-stayed masts had reared their graceful heads, now hung a raffle of broken timber and disordered cordage. The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z In the glare from the fire the corvette--with its slender masts, its yards, and cordage--became distinctly and fearfully visible, and people could be perceived hurrying up and down the deck. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. II (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:24.180Z The fibres of the leaves supply thread for weaving cloth and cordage to the natives of the tropics, where houses are built and furnished throughout from the native palms. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Diss, dis, n. an Algerian reedy grass used for cordage. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z The wares and commodities stowed and vended in those parts were most combustible of any other, as oil, pitch, tar, cordage, hemp, flax, rosin, wax, butter, cheese, wine, brandy, sugar, and such like. An Historical Narrative of the Great and Terrible Fire of London, Sept. 2nd 1666 2011-09-22T02:00:23.960Z Spars and cordage were also easily made, though they took a prodigious time, and we one day hoisted our sail to see how our contrivances would act. Palm Tree Island 2011-09-21T02:00:31.730Z Presently one of the masts went overboard, was caught in the cordage, and hung on one side of the hull. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. II (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:24.180Z We are making good rope for the government and our allies, and no one is better pleased over it than I. I’m proud of the cordage plant. Short Stories of the New America Interpreting the America of this age to high school boys and girls 2011-09-17T02:00:26.183Z The sails and cordage suddenly appeared hung with grapes and ivy; spotted panthers lay at his feet, and when the terrified sailors tried to leap overboard, they were suddenly changed into dolphins. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z It blew with a moaning, whistling sound through the tall pine-trees, as it does through rigging and cordage of a ship in a gale. Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z The black ship, with her bare poles, her slippery, shining deck and wet cordage, hanging by the bows to the crest of that great inky wave. O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas 2011-09-08T02:00:19.987Z There, right near where the mouth of the bag is fastened to the cordage. The Heroes of the School or, The Darewell Chums Through Thick and Thin 2011-09-03T02:00:19.963Z Fenville had made money out of its cordage; was still making money. Short Stories of the New America Interpreting the America of this age to high school boys and girls 2011-09-17T02:00:26.183Z Not a yard of canvas, not a fathom of cordage, that had not been examined and tested by Claude himself. In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism 2011-08-31T02:01:29.827Z It is good to hear the measured thud of the great oars and the cheerful cries of the sailors as they clamber about the cordage.' The Black Poodle And Other Tales 2011-08-30T02:00:37.963Z Vines looped across the front of green, binding the forest with cordage, and the roots of epiphytes dropped from upper boughs, like hanks of twine. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z Well, after we get the bag laid out the way we want it, and the gas pipes connected, we lay the cordage or net over it. The Heroes of the School or, The Darewell Chums Through Thick and Thin 2011-09-03T02:00:19.963Z From on top I hear the wind in the cordage. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z The reins were strained taut like a yacht’s cordage, but the mare was in the hollow of his strong hand. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z One indigenous species, the Piassaba, is a palm which yields a most valuable fibre, extensively manufactured into cordage and ships' cables, for which purpose it is much in use on the coast of South America. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z The spindly forest columns rise about, pallid in a wall of gloom, draped with withered stuff and dead cordage. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z The man had told them they were connected with the basket, but on previous trips they had not thought to search them out amid the mass of cordage. The Heroes of the School or, The Darewell Chums Through Thick and Thin 2011-09-03T02:00:19.963Z It may be thought, if these creepers are strong enough to support baboons, and serve as cordage, how I could break them asunder. Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs 2011-08-04T02:00:26.337Z And for ropes he provided cordage from Spain, and hemp, and pitch from the river Rhone; and he collected great quantities of useful things from all quarters. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z The many brass mountings shine with dazzling lustre, and the white paint contrasts with the well-tarred cordage which forms the standing rigging. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z The second mast was yet standing, with the rags of a rent sail, and a wild confusion of broken cordage, flapping to and fro. School Reading by Grades Sixth Year 2011-07-31T02:00:11.420Z The cordage began to creak, the sails to belly out, the hoarse voice of the pilot by Johnnie's side to call directions. House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court 2011-07-15T02:00:24.257Z There was even a wireworker, who provided sieves, strainers, and screenings of every kind, and there was a rope walk where the cordage wanted was made. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z "Have a care, Ran�!" exclaimed Kirstine, holding fast by the cordage. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z With the exception of the making of coarse cloth and cordage, there was little manufacturing. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z They were all bravely rigged and equipped with sails, masts, and cordage, and sailors were in full activity, each crew zealous to maintain the honour of their ship. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z The Filipino cannot vote, and the cordage manufacturer in the United States can. The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 2011-06-29T02:00:28.167Z They are freighted with timber and firewood, mats, bark, pitch, tar, hemp, cables, and cordage, pig and wrought iron, pieces of artillery, anchors, lead, copper, butter, &c. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z The latter were set on fire with tow, and, as they fell, cast forth flames, which, seizing upon the sails and cordage, created great damage and confusion in the royal fleet. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z With breast advanced, drinking the winds that flee, And through the cordage wail, I mount the hurrying waves night hides from me Beneath her sombre veil. The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker 2011-06-01T02:00:22.477Z While rapidly descending, the cordage of the balloon became entangled in the branches of a tree, and she found herself suspended over a vast green marsh, whose treacherous mud would infallibly ingulf her. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z The cordage interests are prosperous and do not need this help; the Philippine Islands are poor. The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 2011-06-29T02:00:28.167Z Men were busily engaged in cutting away the broken mast and its tangled gear and cordage, while others were seen to be dividing the great sail into long strips. The Winning of the Golden Spurs 2011-05-17T02:00:18.050Z Birch roots serve in like manner to afford cordage for the Laplanders, but more rarely. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland 2011-05-10T02:01:00.460Z Up its knotted cordage the savages toiled, carrying the rescued woman with them. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z Don Quixote began to descend, calling for more rope, which they gave him by degrees, till his voice was drowned in the winding of the cave, and their cordage was run out. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z One day what should come up the river but a white schooner, tapering and tall, and glistening with new masts and cordage, bearing a fairy cargo of shells and corals. A Northern Countryside 2011-04-27T02:00:22.523Z Timothy stretched forth his arm and gripped some floating cordage, and presently drew himself towards the drifting spar, which he found to be the galleon's main-mast. The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR 2011-04-25T02:00:10.333Z For a short while I had enough to think of in managing my cordage, but when I was well away to sou'west of the Calf suddenly the wind slackened. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z With daylight, the least crippled, searching along the beach, gathered together a few casks of provisions, some cordage, a torn sail and one small cask of water. Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant 2011-03-28T02:00:27.040Z Then, with the rawhide rope, we bound them together in a rough but secure network of cordage. The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine 2011-03-15T02:00:14.097Z Then, with a rawhide rope, we bound them together in a rough but secure net-work of cordage. The Dusantes A Sequel to "The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine" 2011-03-06T03:00:18.327Z Every sentence lifted a load from his burthen, or cut asunder some knot in the cordage of his bonds. The Tenants of Malory Volume 3 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:53.937Z Norman had climbed over the piles of freight, cordage, and anchors, and taken his stand beside the flagstaff on the ship's prow, his soul enraptured with the thrilling adventure on which he had embarked. Comrades A Story of Social Adventure in California 2011-03-03T03:00:52.327Z Davenport enjoyed my amazement, and led me through a darksome, foot-wide passage above the stage, through that wilderness of cordage to the machinists' gallery. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z It plucked at the cordage, fought with the sails, and bent the masts until they cracked again. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z Also out of the fibrous plants cordage was made, which again was fashioned into nets for fishing. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z Strangely indifferent he seemed to the howling of the winds, the rattling of the cordage, the falling of spars, the crash of timbers, and the imprecations of his fellow-convicts amid the scream of frightened women. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z The lids were restored to their places, and tied on with sipos, and then a large quantity of this natural cordage was collected and made up into a portable shape. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z They say but little to one another, but look about them from the security of the wheel-house as if they were oppressed with a sense of the inestimable value of strong cordage. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z To the cordage glued the sailor, And the steersman to the helm! The Boys' And Girls' Library 2011-02-06T03:01:02.953Z Machinery, cement, cordage, wire ropes, tobacco, leather, &c. are manufactured. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z The duc de Kernogan, sitting on the coil of cordages with his elbows on his knees and his head buried in his hands, had no thought of breaking in on the other man's ravings. Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel 2011-01-31T03:00:13.650Z These were of a peculiar sort,—the true sipos of the South American forest, which serve for all purposes of cordage, ropes ready made by the hand of Nature. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z The strong blast fills her sails and whistles through her creaking cordage. Shakespeare's England 2011-01-30T03:00:17.313Z With a plentiful supply of shaped planks, cordage, even rusty nails, they soon knocked together a low hut, not more than breast high, and closed at one end. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z O no, no, My cordage cracks when such great sins are near, No wind blows fair, nor I myself can stear. The Mad Lover The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (3 of 10) 2011-01-20T03:00:06.760Z She sat upon a pile of cordages in the stern of the ship leaning against the taffrail and in imagination seeing the coast of England fade into illimitable space. Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel 2011-01-31T03:00:13.650Z Though chased by the jacaré, and close run too, neither had abandoned his bundle,—tied by sipos around the neck,—and both the bottled caoutchouc and the cordage were now in the sapucaya. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z On two miles of strand in Sligo there lay wrecked timber enough to build five first-rate ships, besides mighty great boats, cables and other cordage, and masts of extraordinary size. Irish History and the Irish Question 2011-01-16T03:00:22.640Z Secure the cordage, and any other odds and ends you think useful. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z Men launched them into the eddy above the Hulling Machine, and began to load them with tents, cordage, and the wangan stores. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z The duc sank back nerveless upon the pile of cordages close by. Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel 2011-01-31T03:00:13.650Z The traffic must now have been considerable in this little island; such was the avalanche of boats, harpoons, cordage, whales’ teeth, whalebones, beef, pork, tobacco, soap, and jack-knives that I had thrown on shore. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z There are countries," I replied, "where no wood grows of which to make barrels, and no hemp for thread, string, and cordage. The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z Directly in the Bonita's course, less than half a cable's length away, a huge fabric of canvas and cordage came out of the gloom like a phantom, as if bent on running down the brig. A Runaway Brig; or, An Accidental Cruise 2011-01-02T03:00:16.390Z Originally it meant pliant, and had reference to the useful bast from which cordage and other flexible things were made. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z By the Boers it is employed as cordage, and for many purposes, this primitive sort of rope being often convenient, where no other is obtainable. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z We burned the Virginia, when we had gotten our supplies on board, and despoiled her of such cordage, and spare sails as we needed, and stood away to the north-west again. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z The men sprang to their pikes and swords, while a couple of guns were freed from the wreck of cordage, and sail which the shock had brought down. Commodore Junk 2010-12-20T17:12:13.450Z Waking from time to time, I heard the wind whistling through the cordage, and the rapid gliding of the waters as our keel ploughed onwards. A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas Oars, boathook, mast, cordage, they were all there, but where was the boat’s sail? A Little World Linen, leather, canvas, cordage, mats, tallow, potash and beer are manufactured. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" Having gotten on board from the prize, a quantity of provisions, and cordage, of both of which we were in need, we consigned her to the flames. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z The principal manufactures are leather, hats, and cordage. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli Abro′ma, a genus of small trees, natives of India, Java, &c., one species of which, A. augusta, has a bark yielding a strong white fibre, from which good cordage is made. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide Its sails were delicate leaves fastened upon miniature masts, whose cordage was twisted from fibres of plants. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies Her hands assured her of what her mind could not: they were chafed by their frantic hurry over cordage. The Unknown Sea The houses were notably neat and clean, and were evidently the abode of fishermen, since in them were nets and cordage of palm fibre, fish-hooks of horn, and harpoons of bone. The History of Cuba, vol. 1 The fiber is used in cordage and rope making, but to a far less extent here than in India. The Cocoanut With reference to its products and cultivation in the Philippines Some of the larger kinds are of great use, the fibrous parts of the leaves being made into cordage, fishing nets and lines, cloth, &c. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide Sails were shaken out, cordage stretched, anchors weighed, and before dawn the whole navy was crossing the lake under full sail. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies Thereupon our noble captain and we all sprang up terrified from the table and hastened to the spot, where we found all the cordage in the hold already in full blaze. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. No—it was but a sailor climbing the flag-staff on the Cape to bend new cordage for the colours, and presently they were unrolled and spread out on the sharp May wind. The Span o' Life A Tale of Louisbourg & Quebec One piece of timber which seemed a portion of a mast had a quantity of rope attached to it, and a couple of blocks with more cordage were also secured. Highway Pirates or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne How many a care "blue water" can assuage, how many a sorrow is made bearable by the fresh breeze that strains the cordage, and the laughing waves we cleave through so fast! Tony Butler The double command was scarce obeyed, when a huge black mass heaved past them, her great yards almost seeming to grate the cordage. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) Undaunted by the steepness of the ladder and the absence of light, she descended into the abyss, where the smell of paint and cordage told her that she was near the ship's storeroom. A Traitor's Wooing Furniture: i.e. the furniture of a ship—oars, sails, cordage, &c. A Reading Book in Irish History What a cheerful sense of security one feels as one looks upon the oak and the iron, and hears the wind whistle through the motionless forest of cordage! Zigzag Journeys in Europe Vacation Rambles in Historic Lands The forecastle deck was a litter of broken timbers and tangled cordage that washed pitiably from side to side as the waters rolled over the splintered rail, or sobbed through its gaping seams. Harper's Round Table, July 23, 1895 Whipping out their knives, they soon obtained two long pieces of stout cordage. A Gallant Grenadier A Tale of the Crimean War Quick as thought, Captain Weber caught up a coil of rope; his arm was in the act of casting it, when the mass of spars and cordage swept past. The Ruined Cities of Zululand It is decorated with designs in red line, imitating cordage and marbling, and drawings of plants, ostriches and ships. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" Some distance up—a hundred feet, perhaps—he could see a long brown corded arm, which was working furiously among the wire cordage above. The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen The waters of the colony were full of "Sturgion, Caviare and new land fish of the best," her fields could produce hemp for cordage and flax for linen. The Planters of Colonial Virginia At the same time the chest expanded, the muscles strained like the cordage of a ship in a heavy sea, and I breathed once more. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands In such a light, to such a watcher, there seemed no end to the serried framework and the cordage to the giant sea travellers of steel. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday Dunn made no answer, but taking up a knife he speedily cut the cordage of a large hamper, and as speedily covered a table with a variety of bottles. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day He put on one side, in the strong compartment which contained the machine, all that might become of use to him, such as wood, iron, cordage, and canvas. Toilers of the Sea Shattered bulwarks, ragged rents in the hulls, sails in tatters and drooping cordage told the story of the desperate battle. Stories of Our Naval Heroes Every Child Can Read That gradually ceases, and we lie silent, while there comes faint creaking of cordage as the ship lazily swings. The Sentimental Vikings The cordage had broken, so that the gun was no longer secure on the carriage. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 How stately tall your ship, how vast, With night nailed to your leaning mast, With mighty stars of hammered gold And moon-wrought cordage manifold! The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 4 June 1906 The schooner's helmsman gave himself to God, while the cordage overhead began to whine as the deck rose. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure Intermingling with them are innumerable barges and fishing-boats, stretching far up the river, their masts and cordage seeming one vast spider’s web. Japan A Record in Colour And through all, and over all, the plaintive pipe of the gulls and snipe, the creaking of the boat’s cordage, the boom of the breakers on the shore, the sense and the presence of danger. Christine A Fife Fisher Girl Dalton's face became purple; the veins in his forehead swelled like a thick cordage, and he seemed almost bursting with suppressed passion. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life Nothing of the kind; the semi-savage stepped out into the circle, with his shirt-sleeve rolled up to the shoulder, displaying an arm whose muscular development was like knotted cordage. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas Under the curses, the schooner slowly raised her wings and the night wind began to strain at the cordage. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure The water splashed a little under the rudder, and the cordage holding the mast and sail creaked as a vagrant breeze caught the vinta. The Pirates of Shan When Margot’s roses began to bloom, the nets were all leaded, and ready for the boats, and the boats themselves had all been overhauled and their cordage and sails put in perfect condition. Christine A Fife Fisher Girl Masts and rigging and cordage are bleached white, like tracery of a phantom ship. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war The several parts are secured by stout leather thongs, the wood being literally sewed together with that article and with cocoanut fibre, wrought into stout, durable cordage. The Pearl of India Take care, in keeping from the face of the rock, not to sway the rope; it wears the cordage. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II At this, all the company who were present lifted up their eyes into the vault; and I must confess, we did discover many traces of cordage which were interwoven in the stiffening of the drapery. The Tatler, Volume 3 But here the finishing workman has dislocated nearly every joint which he has exposed, besides knitting and twisting the muscles into mere knots of cordage. Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) The cordage sang a wild song about him, the spray leaped stinging against his face, and the vessel groaned in every plank and spar. Marguerite De Roberval A Romance of the Days of Jacques Cartier Thence it proceeds to climb the next nearest stem, and so on, until the woods are rendered impassable by this insidious, swift-growing vegetable cordage, forming, with the undergrowth, a jungle only penetrable by wild animals. The Pearl of India Overhead the high wind whistled eerily through spar and cordage—a furious blast that now and then caught up a crest of the broken harbour sea and flung the icy spray among us. The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea The cordage and the balloon becoming dry, and thus relieved of a certain weight of liquid, was affected as though a quantity of ballast had been thrown out, and it darted upward with increased velocity. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 The explosion of the fulminate on striking either the hard cordage of the net or one of the steel ribs used to give the gas-holder rigidity, broke the two tubes full of liquid. The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror But the braves of Skinner's Hole had caught their chief's whistle, and were lying hidden among piles of old cordage and rusty anchors which were heaped in one corner of the Flat. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts No nails are used in their construction, the woodwork being securely lashed—we might say sewed—together with Ceylon cordage, made from the fibrous bark of the palm. The Pearl of India The light grows, and the towering mass of canvas and cordage shows faint shadows here and there. The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea Other trees have irregular and fantastic branches, but the knitted cordage of fibres is the olive’s own. The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) An immense wave came rolling behind, and they had but barely time to clutch to the nearest hold, when it broke over them half-mast high, sweeping spars, bulwarks, cordage, all before it, in its course. My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. I heard a loud noise of cordage and bustle; but could not conceive what it was, until the motion of the vessel too plainly told that she was under way. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative The lights here and there, together with the dark tracery of spar and cordage against the sky, was all that betokened the presence of war-ship or peaceful merchantman. The Boys of '98 From under the bows came the pleasing thrussh of the broken water, from aloft the creak of block and cordage and the sound of wind against the canvas. The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea The sailors on deck clung to the bulwarks; and below not a soul could sleep, for the thunder and the creaking of cordage filled their ears. Daisy's Necklace And What Came of It But the arrangement which gave them rest, and their wives and sisters hard labour, seemed to be as much the offspring of a remote age as the woollen sails and the moss-fir cordage. My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. The merest broken plank or rag of cordage was a treasure in his eyes to be secured at the peril of his life. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI A spare bunk full of canvas bolts, cordage, and other stores, make it untidy; and the Steward’s stores are just behind the after bulkhead, so that it smells like a ship-chandler’s warehouse. An Ocean Tramp It was back-breaking work, hauling up the heavy blocks, the cordage, sails and tarpaulins, chains, kegs and coils, and dragging them out on deck. The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea Avarice and terror in discord played on the creature as the gale through the whimpering cordage. The Missourian The smells and sounds about him strained every nerve in the Wolfhound's body to singing point, even as a prolonged gale strains the cordage of a ship that flies before it through a heavy sea. Finn The Wolfhound Only the hot Creak of the cordage whispered in the sun. Collected Poems Volume One The bellying sails and the woof of cordage aloft, seemed unsubstantial, like a gossamer weaving. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story My second was to strike out for a big spar which I saw floating amid a mass of tangled cordage and splinters a few yards in front of me. The International Spy Being the Secret History of the Russo-Japanese War The moonlight grew in intensity, casting inky shadows of the spars and cordage across the deck, making the light in the cabin a reddish blur by contrast. Wild Oranges Then, under Bruce's direction, several wove the cordage into a block and tackle arrangement. The Boy Scout Fire Fighters Since the spinning is so uniformly of this twisting, it is highly probable that manufacture of the cordage followed that described by Kissell for the Papago, and noted in many other places. A Burial Cave in Baja California The Palmer Collection, 1887 The intricate, woofed masses of wood and cordage captured his fancy. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story To convey an animal like this, several buffaloes and a whole system of cordage were necessary. Adventures in the Philippine Islands The wind, that had continued steadily since the night before, increased, and there was a corresponding stir among the branches ashore, a slapping of the yacht’s cordage against the spars. Wild Oranges Aloft in the sunlit cordage Behold the climbing tar, With his shadow beside on the sail white and wide, Climbing a shadow-spar! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 This rough mending was accomplished with the usual native 2-ply cordage. A Burial Cave in Baja California The Palmer Collection, 1887 Though he did not pay 10s. a bottle for his wine, he paid the best price for sails and cordage, and hired a competent skipper to look after himself and his boat. Marion Fay But the effect of these flaws was to deprive the balloon of its rigidity, cause it to buckle, throwing the cordage out of gear, shifting stresses and strains, and resulting in ultimate breakdown. Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons What a canopy!—Not the gaudiest velabrum that the ostentatious munificence of her Cæsars extended above its gilded cordage, ever equalled the empyrean pomp of this soft sky. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 The tattered sails flapped and beat dismally against the cordage. Pioneers of the Pacific Coast A Chronicle of Sea Rovers and Fur Hunters Mrs. Osborne has dealt with the netting, textiles, and cordage, and the distribution of their techniques outside Baja California. A Burial Cave in Baja California The Palmer Collection, 1887 Far out on the ocean tired sailors throw themselves under the lee of the bulwarks and gaze up into its face, while the light plays fantastic tricks among the masts and cordage. Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 Women and children were running here and there, trying to identify, in the forests of masts, of crossing and criss-crossing cordage, the boats where their own men were. Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore Why, what can be more detestable than the wind whistling through a key-hole? or singing its shrill melancholy song among the straining cordage of the storm-threatened ship? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 That which is brought to the United States is principally manufactured in or near Boston, and is the cordage known as “white rope.” Little Masterpieces of Science: Explorers At the end of the whistle opposite the mouth is the remnant of a hole in which there is a fragment of knotted cordage. A Burial Cave in Baja California The Palmer Collection, 1887 The nest was built in a block where some of the cordage runs. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad When the fishermen went down inside to bail her out with pails, their bare feet, entangled in the mess of line and baskets and cordage, stepped finally on something soft. Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore The silence was broken only by the creaking of cordage, the dashing of water against the bows, and the groaning of the timbers. Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main Plaited bobbin cotton should be used for the cordage, as it does not curl up when wet. Boys' Book of Model Boats Square knots are most common in the collection of miscellaneous cordage. A Burial Cave in Baja California The Palmer Collection, 1887 He was alone near the fore-mast, seated on a coil of cordage, beside a well-worn valise, which contained his effects, and upon which he kept a hand. Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal There was also a demand for cordage made of hemp fibers for ships. Agriculture in Virginia, 1607-1699 Each soldier was also to carry a rope, ropes and cordage being continually in demand among people living on horseback and in tents. Genghis Khan, Makers of History Series Another round the cordage strives his arms “To clasp,—but arms he has not,—down he leaps “Broad on his crooked back, and seeks the waves. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II On a comparative basis the cordage and miscellaneous knots from Bahía de Los Angeles are most like historic-period materials from central Baja California. A Burial Cave in Baja California The Palmer Collection, 1887 The girl seated herself on the pile of cordage beside the boy. Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal The space for walking, is encumbered with coils of cordage, and the empty water-barrels are all taken possession of for seats. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 A little snaky flame wriggled its way along a piece of sagging cordage, licked at the edges of a torn sail, and flared outward in a burst of red fire. The Black Buccaneer Than whom none swifter gain'd the topmost yards, “Nor on the cordage slid more agile down;— “Prayers offer not for us. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II Excavated sites and large private collections there contain an overwhelming amount of cordage that is 2-ply Z-twist; both square and overhand knots were found. A Burial Cave in Baja California The Palmer Collection, 1887 He was, however, somewhat angry to find that Alice’s face and figure were constantly intruding themselves into the cordage and shrouds. By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson Three broad leathern straps confined his arms; and perfectly motionless, held in a perpendicular position by cordage fixed to the ground, and to the beam above, he awaited his death. A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France The sloop slid out past the dark headlands, and heeled to leeward with a satisfied grunt of her cordage that came gently to the boy's ears. The Black Buccaneer Amongst these are large arums that send down long aerial roots, tough and strong, and universally used instead of cordage by the natives. The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In Oh, see! what are those filaments of blue and violet and grassy green which flutter in the cordage of the three ships? Hypolympia Or, The Gods in the Island, an Ironic Fantasy In Houssa, leather is dressed in the same soft, rich style as in Morocco; they manufacture cordage, handsome cloths, and fine tissue. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans They had found the “spanker” of the Pandora floating about, with its boom and all the cordage attached. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea Just then there was a faint sound as of creaking cordage from beyond the side. The Black Buccaneer From its fibres he could make cordage, and with that cordage a net, and with that net he would soon provide their table with a supply of fish. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains Bark fibrous and used for cordage, and affords a demulcent drink. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia How the wind did howl and screech through our cordage! In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 A sudden shower prevented our making a long stay at this romantic spot, and also interfered with a contemplated visit to a manufactory of Manilla cordage in the neighborhood. Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas Her cordage would have slacked off more and she wouldn't look so trim. The Black Buccaneer It is well-known that hemp is one of the finest articles in the world for the manufacture of coarse cloth, and every sort of cordage and ropes. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains Athens got from the Black Sea besides wood, tar, wool, hides, cordage, honey, wax and slaves, also salt fish. Principles Of Political Economy At the time in question he was standing in a large efficient-looking shop which smelt strongly of cordage and was situate in Drury Lane. Anthony Lyveden In another instance, one of two cordage mills burned, and a new mill of one story construction was erected in its place. Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 Long after midnight Themistocles and Glaucon clambered the giddy cordage to the ship’s top above the swelling mainsail. A Victor of Salamis Cotton bagging, bale ropes, and cordage, are manufactured in Tennessee and Kentucky. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West Would not two other important supplies be in danger of sharing the same fate, viz, sailcloth and cordage? The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. VIII In Connecticut the frigate is said to be a fine ship, but she cannot get to sea this winter for want of cordage and other stores. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. I Livid fire flares up in the place of the watch-light, bringing into distinctness the black cordage and spectral crew. The Wagnerian Romances They could see the black ripple springing over the glassy sea; they could hear the singing of the cordage; they could catch the sweet sniff of the brine. A Victor of Salamis This is affected by heat and wet, but not p. 194so much, as cordage is. The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" The great article of Riga is cordage of all sorts, which I am told is the best in all these countries. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. VIII Considering the price of duck, cordage, ordnance, and other military stores in America, they may be built much cheaper here. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. I Above the sound of the wind in the cordage and the whisper of the water against the ship’s side, Roddy could hear himself breathing in slow, heavy respirations. The White Mice Next Phormio was half leading, half carrying the fugitive aboard the ship, guiding him through a labyrinth of bales, jars, and cordage, and pointing to a hatchway ladder, illumined by a swinging lantern. A Victor of Salamis The stout canvas bellied before each gust of wind, and the cordage creaked, so that one might have thought the whole thing would be blown clean away. The Explorer Other things dealt in hereabout are these: Chronometers, ‘nautical instruments,’ wax guns, cordage and twine, marine paints, cotton wool and waste, turpentine, oils, greases, and rosin. When Winter Comes to Main Street From this yarn we made cordage for the convict boats, mattresses for the hospitals, and matting of various kinds. Prisoners Their Own Warders A Record of the Convict Prison at Singapore in the Straits Settlements Established 1825 These strips are one of the oldest specimens of woollen cordage now in existence in Ireland. The Bronze Age in Ireland Break the cordage which fastens me to it, and I drift aimless, hopelessly.' Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus Whilst the Thetis was being sheathed, and the extensive repairs necessary to the Esp�rance were being carried out, the clerks and officers were at Manilla, seeing about the supply of provisions and cordage. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century She was like a creature enmeshed in a net weak in its cordage, but many-stranded and hampering; turn whichever way she would some petty restriction met her. Judith of the Cumberlands But spiders have found a hundred uses for their cordage, some of which are startlingly similar to human inventions. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year They stumbled upon various native camps, recently vacated, and occasionally took the liberty of helping themselves to kangaroo nets and cordage, leaving in exchange fish hooks, handkerchiefs, and other European articles. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. Flags flew out from end to end, blazoning in wild profusion along the yards and up the mast, gambolling with the cordage and the mighty sail. Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus The sailors got out additional sails, clewed up cordage and rigging, and put the ship in order for a fast run. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 You weave the bales of fiber into bags, cloth, hawser ropes, canvas, tents, and cordage. Fil and Filippa Story of Child Life in the Philippines Yet farther he sailed out into the unknown sea, and the only Siren’s song he heard was the whistling of the wind through the cordage of his vessel. Religion and Lust or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire There was a creaking of block and cordage, and new ghostly clouds rose over the ship—sails loosened to the wind. The Light of Scarthey The exterior covering of vegetable bodies, many of which are useful in making paper, cordage, cloth, dyes, and medicines. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The wind shrieked through the cordage, and now and again a great wave would sweep across the decks of the crowded vessels, making the men hang on to the rigging for dear life. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 Ah! at last they perceive her; and the noise on board the enemy is indescribable—the shrieking of orders, the rattle of arms and cordage, the trampling of feet, the stamping and unlimbering of guns. As We Sweep Through The Deep Such was the violence of the shock, that people were thrown from their beds, and, on coming upon deck, were obliged to cling to the cordage. Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. Cut into shreds, it makes excellent cordage, being especially adapted for wheel-ropes. Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. The American aloe, from which cordage is made; similar to the piña of Manila. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The inflammable cargo, the tarry ropes and cordage, fed the flames, which leaped from hull to main-truck. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 Except timber, which grew upon the spot, the materials—iron, cordage, provisions, and guns—came mainly by this route from Pennsylvania; a number of guns, however, being sent from Washington. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 Oakum thrown ashore, as also cordage found among the wrecks of vessels, served for wicks; and when these resources failed, they converted their shirts and drawers to the same purpose. Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. It has even its own weird harmony—for I have often heard a low, whistling hum as the air rushed through the cordage mesh. Edge of the Jungle It is placed in the middle of each strand in all the cordage made for the royal navy. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Bright colored signal-lights blazed on the decks, and the dark, slender cordage stood out against the brilliant red and green fires that flickered strangely upon the dark wooded banks of the river. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 When the gallant Walter Kirk came round to where the girl, just dismounted from the cordage, stood, he was puzzled to see her without the hat. Duffels The winds pressed against the sails with great violence, strained and whistled among the cordage; and the great bulk of wood seemed to split every time the surge broke upon its sides. Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. Within few dayes after the Indian kings returned to Charles fort with so good store of cordage, that there was found sufficient for tackling of the small Pinnesse. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. Refuse of cordage, canvas, &c., used for making oakum, paper, &c. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. But, as it was, she sped on, with no signs of damage save the flying ends of cut cordage. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 By the flare of torches they ransacked the ship for provisions, cordage, canvas, and heaped them ready to be dumped into boats. Blackbeard: Buccaneer Masts, planks, boards and cordage were thrown overboard. Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. But they wanted those things that of all other were most needefull, as cordage and sayles, without which the enterprise could not come to effect. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. Rigging made of iron wire galvanized, and laid up like common cordage. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The Americans had given up their unseaworthy schooners, and had a fleet of eight square-rigged vessels nearly ready, but still lacking the cordage and guns for the three new craft. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 Against her masts the yards of the Plymouth Adventure banged with a sound like distant thunder and the idle canvas slatted to the thump of blocks and the thin wail of chafing cordage. Blackbeard: Buccaneer Each wave that struck it, made them stumble in heaps on one another.—Their feet getting entangled among the cordage, and between the planks, bereaved them of the faculty of moving. Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. The cables, as they passed along the decks of the vessels over the water, were secured to them all by strong cordage, so that each vessel was firmly and indissolubly bound to all the rest. Xerxes Makers of History Also, a number of rings interwoven net-wise, and used for rubbing off the loose hemp from white cordage after it is made. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The pigeons wheeling overhead became gulls, whimpering in the cordage. Explorers of the Dawn It was likely to stave in the skin of the vessel and Captain Wellsby shouted to his men to hack at the trailing cordage and send the mast clear before it did a fatal injury. Blackbeard: Buccaneer The wind howled in the rising sail, and the creaking cordage whistled through the block. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 The rising and roughening sea made the oars useless, and the wind howled frightfully through the cordage and the rigging. Xerxes Makers of History A general term for the iron-work, cordage, sails, provisions, and other outfit, with which a vessel is supplied. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. These hands are hard," replied the poet, gaily exhibiting his swarthy palms; "they have tugged at other than the cordage of a lyre. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 With his own hand fearless, Steered he the Long Serpent, Strained the creaking cordage, Bent each boom and gaff; Till in Vendland landing, The domains of Thyri He redeemed and rescued From King Burislaf. Tales of a Wayside Inn Harry was awakened the next morning by the clanking of heavy chains, rumbling of iron trucks, banging of doors, creaking of cordage, and the hoarse shouts of men. A Voyage with Captain Dynamite The creak of pullies and cordage, the shouts of men plying levers, and hauling ropes, succeeded, and slowly sullenly uprose, hardly seen in the black night air, a huge black cross. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 Is composed of hemp, hide, wire, or other stuff, spun into yarns and strands, which twisted together forms the desired cordage. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. There are also nearly forty mills for spinning flax, weaving linen, sail-cloth, sacking, and cordage. A Yacht Voyage Round England In November, 1601, he obtained the rejection of a Bill to compel the sowing of hemp for cables and cordage. Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography It smells of tar, bacon, cheese, and cordage, blended with a suspicious odor of bilge water. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Patter of reef-points, creak of cordage, hum of wind, hiss of brine—I think at times that she has found a more human language. From a Cornish Window A New Edition A species of Indian rush, from which an inferior kind of cordage and canvas is made. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. It is used mainly in the manufacture of cordage. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges Rocks huge as autumn clouds bound fast With cordage from the shore were cast, And fragments of each riven hill, And trees whose flowers adorned them still. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse When daylight came the Palestine was rolling heavily to a sweeping westerly swell, with the wind piping hard through her cordage as she strained at her cable. Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories 1898 A chill wind had begun to harp through the cordage of the little schooner; the moan—far flung, mystic, a voice from nowhere—that presages the tempest crooned in his ears. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 A frigate on the China station in 1805 had nearly the whole of her running rigging of this cordage. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The hemp is used in the manufacture of cordage and paper. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges When the day broke the mast was visible, and four motionless men could be seen among its cordage and top-work. The Loss of the Kent, East Indiaman, in the Bay of Biscay Narrated in a Letter to a Friend Pure, clear oils are made from some of the nuts and palm fruits; while many palms yield a fibrous material admirably suited for cordage, being singularly elastic and resistant. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America At last the mainmast went by the board, carrying with its ruin and tangle of sails, spars and cordage, six of the crew into the terrible billows. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands To impregnate canvas, timber, or cordage with Sir William Burnett's fluid, a solution of chloride of zinc. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. On account of the great strength of the fibre it has no equal among cordage fibres. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges The shape is that of an old-fashioned churn, and the hive is covered on the outside, halfway down, with twisted rope cordage, to give it greater protection against extremes of heat and cold. Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee A Bee Keeper's Manual The mate directed the rest of the party to collect all the spars, planks, and cordage they could find. Owen Hartley; or, Ups and Downs A Tale of Land and Sea The bark is employed in infusion as a sudorific and in cutaneous diseases, and its fibrous tissue is manufactured into cordage. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture A general term for the running-rigging of a ship, as also for rope of any size which is kept in reserve, and for all stuff to make ropes.—Cable-laid cordage. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Hemp is used mainly for cordage, and the use of ramie, jute, and sisal hemp is confined mainly to the manufacture of very coarse cloths and rugs. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges Hiram Bunker and some of his men were rushing to and fro, shouting and yelling; others were gazing as though stupefied at the wreckage of shattered spars, flapping canvas, and twisted cordage. The Cryptogram A Story of Northwest Canada This latter, though knocked over, still remained, with a quantity of cordage and other heavy articles, besides some provisions. Owen Hartley; or, Ups and Downs A Tale of Land and Sea Sida pulchella.—A plant of the mallow family; the bark contains fibrous tissues available for the manufacture of cordage. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture A flat cordage formed by plaiting five or seven rope-yarns together. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. After preparation the fibre is used mainly for the manufacture of wrapping-twine, cordage, and a coarse canvas. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges Me only she permits those strains to hear; But ye shall bind me with coercion strong Of cordage well-secured to the mast-foot, And by no struggles to be loos’d of mine. The Odyssey of Homer The coarser parts are used for cordage, which is very serviceable. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics The finer kinds of the fiber are woven into beautiful shawls and the coarser manufactured into cordage for ships. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture An officer in the royal dockyards, invested with the general charge of naval stores, as the sails, anchors, cordage, &c. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The manufacture of cordage and paper is done mainly in the United States and Great Britain. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges With that soft liniment I fill’d the ears Of my companions, man by man, and they My feet and arms with strong coercion bound 210 Of cordage to the mast-foot well secured. The Odyssey of Homer He was letting down a spliced beryllium plumb line, his gaze riveted on the slowly turning horizontal drum of a windlass which contained more than two hundred feet of gleaming metal cordage. The Sky Trap South American tree the inner bark of which furnishes a strong useful fiber, employed in the manufacture of ropes and various kinds of cordage. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture The produce of hemp in fibre varies from three to six hundred weight per acre, and forms the best of all cordage and ropes. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. He sent his fish to market when he caught more than he could consume, and he and his children made ropes and cordage, for which also he had a ready sale on the river. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 458 Volume 18, New Series, October 9, 1852 But one day as they were labouring and rolling, the ship straining and cordage creaking, Thorbeorn lifted his head, and bore hard upon the helm. Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America Their wedding-journey was in a scow, across to the bridegroom's ship, riding at anchor, her cordage creaking in the rising breeze. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen The inner bark of the young branches yields a tough fiber, fit for cordage, and used in Demerara for making coffee bags, and the finer pieces of it for cigar envelopes. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture Is variously applied, to weather, sea-coasts, cordage, navigation, &c., as opposed to foggy, to dangerous, to entangled. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. There it is shredded and made into cordage, coarse cloth, or paper. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Foglietta’s ship was at length disengaged from her enemy by the dexterity of a sailor, who cut the cordage with which the stage had been secured to her side. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 Girard could face the wind of the North, but a crying woman on a ship at anchor, whose rusty chains groaned to the dismal screech of tugging cordage, undid him. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen Good cordage and twine for fishing nets are made from this fiber. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture Walking across it slowly, and with some difficulty, owing to the broken spars and cordage with which it was encumbered, he passed over the port bulwarks and lowered himself again to the bottom. Under the Waves Diving in Deep Waters In spite of its name, it is not a grass but a flowering plant whose stalk has a tough fibre useful in making cordage and paper. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania The boatswain, and seamen who were to go in the boat, were allowed to collect twine, canvass, lines, sails, cordage, an eight-and-twenty-gallon cask of water, and the carpenter to take his tool-chest. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry They liked stormy weather, the sweep of the wind, the splash of the rain and the creak of cordage. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen What with the trunks and the cordage to keep them staid, our wagon looked like a ship of the desert. Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses In ordinary circumstances the captain would have thought nothing of this, but he felt anxious just then, because some of the stores and cordage furnished by mistake to him had been intended for the Ruby. Saved by the Lifeboat The wood pulp of Norway and the United States is slowly displacing it, and in time esparto will be but little used except for making cordage or gunny cloth. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania He had sprung to his feet, and clutched the cordage frantically. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War Baskets are made from the leaves, matting and cordage of the fibrous husk, and oil is extracted from the nut. The Cannibal Islands Captain Cook's Adventure in the South Seas The effect of this speech, as the orator, pale, exhausted, shattered, unstrung, with nerves like the torn cordage of a ship that has outridden the tempest, descended from the tribune, baffles all description. Edmond Dantès One was thrown to him which he caught, and began therewith to cut the wreck of cordage. Saved by the Lifeboat One of the most curious features in a Brazilian forest is the vegetable cordage, or sipos, which hang down from every branch, like slack ropes from the rigging of a ship. A Voyage round the World A book for boys He said the spider was as long as he, And that the woof whereof he wove his web, Was thick as any cordage on his boat. Stories in Verse Into the launches were thrown several rolls of heavy canvas and rolls of cordage, as well as such tools as might be needed. Dave Darrin After The Mine Layers The fibre of a number of species of Musa is used for weaving, cordage, etc., in tropical countries. The Philippine Islands Its leaves are used for leaven, its bark furnishes indistructible cordage; and the bees form their hives in the cavities of its trunk. Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770. In the sailing ship too you can look up and watch the bends of white canvas and the spars-and cordage swinging to and fro across the infinite blue, an endless delight! From Edinburgh to India & Burmah The vessel was heeling slightly in the crisp evening wind, her full, rounded sails rustling overhead, her cordage creaking, foam at her forefoot and her wake stretching backward toward the land she was leaving. Fair Harbor Hulks of boats and masts and cordage and docks and warehouses in the front, with muddy streets. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 Its commercial value is about double that of ordinary first-class cordage hemp. The Philippine Islands Their feet getting entangled among the cordage, and between the planks, bereaved them of the faculty of moving. Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770. In the year 1789, Pennsylvania was manufacturing cotton cloths, hats, and "all articles in leather," while Massachusetts was making cordage, duck, and glass. Union and Democracy Behind rises shouting of men and whistling of cordage. The Aeneid of Virgil There was something weird and ghostly in those half-seen figures, in the indistinct maze of cordage and canvas above, and the phosphorescent streaks of spray streaming away from either bow. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 Cigars were the only manufactured export staple, whilst perfumes, a little cordage, and occasionally a parcel of straw or finely-split bamboo hats were shipped. The Philippine Islands The winds pressed against the sails with great violence, strained and whistled among the cordage; and the great hulk of wood seemed to split every time the surge broke upon its sides. Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770. The balloon was already old—more than a year old—the canvas weakened and in many places rent and patched, the cordage frail. The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier Soon the creaking of cordage, and the snapping of the sails, told that the fresh breeze was being caught by the spreading sails. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 When you had done some such foolish thing yourself, did not your young mates gather round to view, with wondering and eager eyes, the result of your own handiwork at the cordage of love? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 When split longitudinally it takes the place of rope for lashing anything together; indeed, it is just as useful in the regions of its native habitat as cordage is in Europe. The Philippine Islands Masts, planks, boards, cordage, were thrown over board. Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770. Know ye the yell of the wind in the straining cordage, the heave and fall of the plunging deck beneath your feet? Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain Tracy, from his post on the quarter-deck, saw his men falling like sheep, while the continual volleys of the great ship had so cut the cordage of the weaker vessel that escape was impossible. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 "I suppose that you must be very short of timber, cordage, and ship stores?" At Aboukir and Acre A Story of Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt Nets, sails, and cordage were piled in great heaps in the store; iron bolts and buckets, iron heads for trawls, and ship's stores of all kinds. For Name and Fame Or Through Afghan Passes A vast spider’s web seemed to spread its tender cordage round each household, for the crippling of every winged creature within its radius. The Daughters of Danaus Polly was placed in her canvas bower, and the whole structure of the raft was strengthened with a network of hawsers and cordage. Philosopher Jack Her sides were weather-beaten, and her dingy sails and patched cordage showed that she had just completed her long voyage. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 With stays and cordage last he rigged the ship, And, rolled on levers, launched her on the deep.” Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships Particular persons were then called on to go into the boat, and some of these were allowed to collect twine, canvas, lines, sails, cordage, and other things to take with them. The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers In this dilemma, the captain at once gave orders to heave overboard all the spare spars and the hencoops, together with enough of cordage for the construction of a raft. The Lifeboat To add to the confusion and terror, some part of the cordage caught the lifeboat, and completely sank as well as overturned it. Jeff Benson, or the Young Coastguardsman Boarding-nettings were triced up, and strengthened with cables and cordage, to make an effective barrier against the assaults of boarders. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 “Isn’t there a proverb,” said Pauline, who at the time was busy making cordage while Otto was breaking sticks for the fire, “which says that we never know our mercies till we lose them?” The Island Queen Then the smoke of the great fires under the melting-pots begrimed the masts, sails, and cordage with soot. Fighting the Whales Next day they loaded the boat with all the pork and pease they could find, as well as portions of cordage that might be useful. The Coxswain's Bride also, Jack Frost and Sons; and, A Double Rescue The planks were therefore placed on each other’s edges, and sewed together with the tough cordage already mentioned; they were also thus sewed to the stem, the stern, and the keel. The Coral Island The timbers of the ship were greatly shattered, and her cordage was so badly cut that skilful manœuvring was impossible. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 Cutting off a quantity of this, he took it to his sister, and showed her how to twist some of it into stout cordage. The Island Queen It was an awful sight, for there, mingled with riven spars and planks and cabin furniture, and entangled in ravelled cordage, lay the torn lifeless remains of the pirates. The Battery and the Boiler Adventures in Laying of Submarine Electric Cables A heavy blow from the whale’s tail broke it in two, and hurled it into the air, whence the crew descended, amid a mass of harpoons, lances, oars, and cordage, into the blood-stained water. The Red Eric From the wreck of the old ship, tools, and timber, and cordage had been recovered. The Crew of the Water Wagtail Flames were rising from the tarred cordage, and spreading to the framework of the ship. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 Flinders drew his glittering bowie-knife from its sheath and handed it to his leader, who cut off the superfluous cordage with it, after having bound the prisoner’s wrists behind his back in a sailor-like manner. Twice Bought Accordingly Norrak pushed one blade of his paddle among the straps and cordage, overset the kayak, and worked himself up again with a quick motion of the other blade. Red Rooney The Last of the Crew The members of the watch on deck were either similarly engaged or had stowed themselves away to sleep in quiet corners among blocks and cordage. The Red Eric Old bits of timber lay here and there among old cordage in little yards, where the owners appeared to deal in small-coal and miscellaneous filth. Life in the Red Brigade London Fire Brigade In the rope-walks of the town, the cordage for the gallant Yankee ships was spun. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 A second and a third followed, rolling aft, so as to almost bury the vessel, sweeping away the men who clung to the cordage and guns, and carrying many of them overboard. Percival Keene He had everything to his hand—the means—the men to build the boats—provisions, arms, sails, and cordage, and yet he threw all these chances away, and attempted to do what was impossible.” The Mission; or Scenes in Africa All the small sails, cordage, twine, canvas, small casks, saws, chisels, and large nails, and elm and oak plank, were brought on shore before dinner. Masterman Ready The Wreck of the "Pacific" One-third of these furnish useful fibers for cordage and fabrics. Textiles and Clothing The cordage cut by the flying shot hung loosely down, or was blown out by the breeze. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 The ropes were made of the coarse filaments of the plantain-tree, twisted into cordage of the thickness of a finger; and three or four such cords marled together served for shrouds. Twice Lost Arthur and I employed ourselves in dragging the logs up to them, and in cutting the lianas or sepos, which my father and Marian unwound and prepared for use as cordage. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco There were also some heavier guns than those seen above, and spars, and cordage, and other munitions for fitting out a ship. The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea The manila hemp is the most prominent, of which coarse cloth is woven, besides the valuable cordage. Textiles and Clothing The wind howled through the rigging, tore the sails from the ring-bolts, snapped the spars, and seriously wrecked the cordage of the vessel. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 They often encircle a tree, which, in time, is completely destroyed; while they survive, forming an extraordinary intricate mass of natural cordage on the ground. In the Eastern Seas We had also made a quantity of string, or what sailors call sennit, which, twisted together, would serve as cordage for the vessel. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco As I looked up, I could not help dreading that the cordage which held them might give way, and allow them to fall at that instant and crush us. On the Banks of the Amazon The whistling he had heard below had gone on increasing till the wind sang through the cordage, and made the canvas tug and strain at the ropes which held it. Steve Young The scars of battle had been in no way healed: the tattered sails, the shattered hulls and bulwarks, the cordage hanging loosely from the masts, told the story of battle. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 The natives make their cables of them, as well as the standing rigging of their masts; indeed, they are used for all sorts of stout cordage. In the Eastern Seas Kallolo had manufactured a quantity of line from the fibres of a tree of the palm species in our grove, so that we had an abundance of cordage. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco They then wove some mats for sails, lianas of different thicknesses serving as cordage. On the Banks of the Amazon This time the water must have curled over in a perfect deluge, for we could hear it hiss and roar amongst the cordage on the leeward side, and stream out of the scuppers. Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea But the next instant their exultation was turned to sorrow; for a well-directed shot cut away the mizzen-mast, which fell alongside, suspended by the cordage. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 When the tempest is breaking over the ship, the captain may reasonably be excused for thinking that the moment would be ill chosen for renewing cordage or repairing timbers. Robert Burns I pushed on, climbing over fallen trunks, and twining myself through the viny cordage. The Rifle Rangers In attaching the steps to the rope, Ossaroo was allowed to act as sole operator: since neither of the others understood the handling of cordage so well as he. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" “Yes, quite right,” replied Mr Frewen, and we waited still, with the wind shrieking amongst the cordage, and the night appearing blacker than ever. Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea The lightning flashed through the black clouds, the thunder crashed and roared, and the wind shrieked fiercely through the cordage. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 Bird-like, my heart was glad to soar and vault; Fluttering among the cordages; and on The vessel flew, under an empty vault: An angel drunken of a radiant sun. Silverpoints Then the smoke of the great fires under the melting pots begrimed the masts, sails, and cordage with soot. Fighting the Whales The north-west gale was then blowing with tremendous force and increasing to the power of a hurricane each instant as it whistled through the cordage, wailing and shrieking like the lost souls in Dante’s “Inferno.” On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story “All right, sir,” said Jackson; so, he and the gang with him went to work with a will, slashing here and there at the cordage connecting the mast with the port side of the ship. The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea Quickly the jackies leaped from their places; and while some engaged the Tripolitans, others, torch in hand, clambered upon the feluccas, and set fire to the woodwork and the tarred cordage. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 And as I did so I became aware of a rapidly growing sound of leaping, splashing, gurgling water, and a humming as of wind sweeping through tightly strained cordage, close to leeward. A Middy of the Slave Squadron A West African Story It was a quantity of hemp cordage, for use principally as standing-rigging. Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War But Ludar, standing near me, steadying himself with the cordage, called me to myself. Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess After saving the cordage, rigging and everything else that might be useful, which was carefully stored away in the little fort rapidly building, the vessels were destroyed beyond repair. South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure Stifling smoke darkened the atmosphere; and pieces of timber, cordage, and even horribly torn bits of human flesh began to fall upon the decks. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 Why engirdle its waist in warmth and cordage, and expose its feet to every storm and frost, to mud and snow? Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness. Now here, sir, is some cordage that was only brought in fresh last week from the ropemaker’s; how’ll that do, sir?” Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War The vane is in the form of a ship, in gilt metal: a complete ship in miniature—cordage, blocks, twenty-six cannon, small spars, even a daintily-modelled figurehead: all are there. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 28, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Almost instantly an intense white light shone full on the stranger-boat, bringing it to view so distinctly that we could almost count the nail-heads, and the strands in her cordage. Quiet Talks on Power Her yards were spread with a cloud of snowy canvas, and the wind sung through the straining cordage a melody sweet to the ears of the sailor homeward bound. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 Such noise as it has is elemental, justifiable, like a ship's cordage in a gale. Highways and Byways in Sussex The beams tinged brightly the cordage and half-furled sails of two ships that rode at anchor in the Basin, near the shore. Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories Besides clothesline and other such familiar and domestic twistings, there are great cordages scarce kinsmen to them, which will later put to sea and will whistle with shrill enjoyment at their release. Journeys to Bagdad As the boats swept down towards the shore, and the schooner seemed to recede into the flaming west, the network of cordage became black cobwebs on the sky, then melted away and vanished altogether. The Drummer Boy As they rapidly neared each other, no sound was heard save the creaking of the cordage, and the dashing of the waves against the vessels' hulls. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 On the arrival of the whites the native art was well advanced; thread, cordage, and even ropes of considerable weight were made with 022a degree of uniformity and refinement that surprises us. Prehistoric Textile Art of Eastern United States Thirteenth Annual Report of the Beaurau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1891-1892, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1896 pages 3-46 The bridge was but a slight affair, a native structure formed of a couple of long bamboo poles with cross pieces lashed into place by native cordage. Jack Haydon's Quest Provisions, cordage, iron, ammunition, firearms, all had to be brought from St. Petersburg, seven thousand miles to the Pacific coast. Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward There she lay, motionless; hull and spars painted dark against the sunset sky; her rigging, to the finest cordage, traced in exquisitely distinct lines upon that shining background—a picture of exceeding loveliness and peace. The Drummer Boy The light grew brighter, and sharp-tongued flames licked the outside of the hull, and set the tangled cordage in a blaze. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 The principal articles of manufacture have long been sailcloth, cordage, linen and fishing-nets. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" An ample store of ropes and cordage, and of all matters required for a ship's equipage, were also laid in. By Right of Conquest Or, With Cortez in Mexico Reindeer thongs supplied the cordage, reindeer hides the sails. Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward The generic title, Juncus, has been applied because Rushes are in conjunction when planted together for making cordage. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure When in May, 1814, the new United States frigate "Superior" lay at her dock at Sackett's Harbor, her ordnance, stores, and cordage had to be brought from Oswego Falls, some fifty miles away. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 Two of the Danish prams drifted from the line, mere wrecks, with cordage in rags, bulwarks riddled, guns dismounted, and decks veritable shambles. Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes Usually one of these dead-eyes is held by an iron strap to the point where it is required to fix and strain the cordage, which is ordinarily a shroud. Scientific American, Volume XXIV., No. 12, March 18, 1871 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. These, for the most part, carried ship supplies—cordage, tackling, iron—for vessels to be built on the Pacific to sail for America. Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward Ah! well," exclaimed Vesta, as her maid entered and proceeded to wind up this satin cordage on her crown, "what men are in their minds, can woman know? The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times The shrouds and standing rigging had been pulled taut with many a "Yo, heave ho!" until the wind hummed plaintively through the taut cordage, as through the resounding strings of an �olian harp. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 Sails rent and cordage strained tell tales of many storm-gusts, or, perchance, of one tornado; and see! her flag is flying half-mast high: the corpse of the Pilot is on board. Sword and Gown A Novel Tapered end, covered with interlaced cordage for the purpose of making it stronger. Scientific American, Volume XXIV., No. 12, March 18, 1871 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. A body weighing by the pound Inside of half a score, In case and cordage safely bound, Was landed at my door. Poems Vol. IV A bell, too, seemed to be tolling a knell for something, and there was a constant rush of feet on deck, mingled with trumpeted orders and the rattle of cordage. All Aboard A Story for Girls Those on the "President" listened intently for the answer; but no sound was heard save the sigh of the wind through the cordage, the creaking of the spars, and the rush of the water alongside. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 Two of these prizes he discovered to be crammed to the hatches with cordage, paint, tar, canvas, and fresh provisions. The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17 Jute, a material largely used in combination with hemp, for making cordage, sacking, mats, and carpets, is produced in India to the extent of 300,000 tuns per annum. Scientific American, Volume XXIV., No. 12, March 18, 1871 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. And the mermen swam fast to be with her, and ceased from their own song, for the wind sang a coronach in the canvas and cordage. The Field of Clover Quin said that his face contained not lines but cordage. Shadows of the Stage We were fortunately in no want of cordage, and the whole on trial appeared solid and seaworthy. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth Even then he left on board much that might be useful in case of emergency, such as cordage, sails, and clothing that had belonged to the sailors. The Sun Of Quebec A Story of a Great Crisis So Juan stood, bewildered on the deck: The wind sung, cordage strained, and sailors swore, And the ship creaked, the town became a speck, From which away so fair and fast they bore. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 Masts creaked and cordage rattled; the sails had been lowered, and everything made safe, and Captain Owen, standing on the bridge, looked energetic, and "fit" to fight with the storm-fiend. By Berwen Banks From the Scheldt came the cries of sailors, the creaking of cordage, and the puff! puff! of the ferry-boats. In Search of the Unknown By means of some fragments of cordage, he had again made the raft seaworthy. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth He could see nothing through the porthole save a dark blur, but he heard the creaking of cordage and the slatting of sails. The Sun Of Quebec A Story of a Great Crisis All round her the dark water boiled and roared, and the blast shrieked through the cordage with hollow tremors. The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary The transport then fell aboard in such a manner, that the anchor grappled the cordage of the King's ship, which then began to drag its anchors. The Norwegian account of Haco's expedition against Scotland, A.D. MCCLXIII. They seem to have been made of tin for the bore, with a coating of leather, all secured by tight cordage. Claverhouse In vain I extended my researches along the beach; the mast we had thrown overboard, with tangled cordage, and remnants of a sail, was the sole relic land received of our wreck. The Last Man The creaking of cordage and slatting of sails increased, he felt the schooner heave and roll beneath him, and then he knew that they were leaving Albany. The Sun Of Quebec A Story of a Great Crisis Then there were the ships' stores, arms small and great, powder, spars, cordage, canvas, and such other million necessities as ships on service need. English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 There remained the line of our boat alone: unless the monster stopped within ten minutes, we should lose every foot of the ship's cordage, and this last rope would have to be severed. Tales of the Chesapeake The glittering armor of the ice incased masts, spars, ropes, and fringed every line of cordage with icicles of dazzling brightness. Days of the Discoverers |
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