| 单词 | amidships |
| 例句 | Jason stopped amidships and leaned against the rail. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A splintering crash rang across the Blackwater as a stone the size of a horse landed square amidships on one of the galleys. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z We exited the corridor amidships and walked across an open deck lined with lifeboats. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Nimbly they ran to push the fir pole high and step it firm amidships in the box, make fast the forestays, and hoist aloft the white sail on its halyards. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Eleven hands—everybody contributing one except Mother and the babies—would emerge from both sides of the car; from the front seat, rear seat, and folding swivel chairs amidships. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Standing amidships was a girl in a flowing dress of white silk, her mane of black hair pinned back with a circlet of diamonds. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The next day Tyrion encountered her and her spotted sow amidships in midaftemoon, when the air was warm and the sea calm. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was dusk and the red priest had lit his nightfire in the great iron brazier amidships as the crew gathered round to pray. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They tied me up, then, plumb amidships, back to the mast, lashed to the mast, and took themselves again to rowing. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Tyrion was underfoot amidships, so he climbed the forecastle and hunkered down, savoring the lash of cold rain on his cheeks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There was no sign of Coach Hedge, but Leo stood amidships, calmly reloading the ballista. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The lanterns had been lit fore and aft, but die fog was so thick that all the dwarf could see from amidships was a light floating out ahead of him and another following behind. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “We found him amidships,” one of the giants said, “trying to sneak to the engine room. Can we eat him now?” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The “boat” was a miniature punt, used for reed-cutting—little more than a raft, with a single thwart amidships. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The first time I listened to PJ Harvey's new album, Let England Shake, I was hit amidships. Hail, Hail, Rock 'n' Roll 2011-02-03T22:30:01Z With our gear amidships, the canoe, riding low in the water, felt unsteady, and we sank our hips and searched for a paddling rhythm. Retracing a Mother’s Path of Escape Along a Wintry Merrimack 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z The Eagle was physically lifted out of the water amidships by the strike, he said, which was accompanied by a 350-foot water column. Doomed WWII warship reveals its secrets: How 'the lucky 13' survived the sinking of the USS Eagle 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z My own fascination with the band dates to 1966, when, at age 9, I was hit amidships by the TV show. Opinion | Goodbye, Peter Tork. The Monkees made believers of us all. 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z Thomas A. Edison suggested shortening the smokestacks and concealing, with canvas sheets, whatever was amidships. A Hundred Years Ago, High Tech Was a Paint Job 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z The Japanese torpedoes struck the ship amidships and its bow, capsizing the US destroyer and sinking it. Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen discovered a long-lost World War II warship 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z Minutes later, just before 2:20 a.m., the much larger container ship hit the U.S. warship broadside, just about amidships on the starboard rail, the Navy said. ‘There wasn’t a lot of time’ as water flooded U.S. destroyer below decks 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z The term, which dates back to the Annapolis institution’s founding in 1845, was originally was used for those who worked or slept in the amidships, or the central area of the ship, The Capital reported. U.S. Naval Academy will not scuttle ‘midshipman’ rank: Report 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z In 1996, I made the acquaintance of the first Lotus Elise, a radically spare aluminum spider with a high-strung Rover engine amidships. 12 Collector-Worthy Cars That Best Exemplify the Glory Days of Gasoline 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z In a gray overcast, it struck amidships with an explosion that tore the Struma apart. David Stoliar, Survivor of World War II Disaster, Dies at 91 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z The aluminium envelope, not built to withstand abnormal stress, began buckling amidships. The Airship "Golden Hind" 2012-04-21T02:00:26.983Z With her helm lashed amidships, and without means of steering, the partly waterlogged craft yawed horribly, sheering alternately four points to port and starboard of the towing-vessel. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z Above the slight motion caused by the heavy seas striking the hull there came a greater shock --the Gannet had parted amidships. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z The head and stern both swung round, but she was fast amidships, and only moved as on a pivot. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z The trawler put on all the speed she had time for, and rammed the submarine amidships, sliding up on its body half her length, so that the captain found himself well-nigh stranded near the periscope. The Clammer and the Submarine 2012-04-17T02:00:15.727Z An external bilge keel about 300 feet long and 25 inches deep was fitted along the bilge amidships. Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' 2012-04-17T02:00:14.973Z It now remained to be seen whether she would gather sternway before her sharp stem crashed into the other destroyer amidships. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z They have three funnels; one almost amidships, another aft; whereas the third, which is considerably more slender than the others, is situated abaft the mainmast, immediately in rear of the bridge. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z She was not a very formidable-looking craft, for, lying low on the water, with a plain structure amidships, a small pilot-house forward, and a diminutive funnel aft, she might have been taken for a raft. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z The Murillo came down inside the Northfleet, and struck her nearly amidships. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z Distance from 34 feet 7 inches water line amidships. Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' 2012-04-17T02:00:14.973Z A large destroyer, subsequently identified as the Nomad, was struck by a huge projectile almost amidships. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z The Whelp was decked fore and aft only, the blackness of the hold gaping amidships, spanned by a narrow gangway, which served to connect the two decks. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z The guns on the port side of the ship were run out of the port-holes as far as they would go, and those from the starboard side were drawn in and secured amidships. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z But in another moment the steamer came on to the Northfleet, striking her broadside almost amidships, making a breach in her timbers beneath the water-line, and crushing the massive timbers traversing the main deck. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z The decks above these were continuous for the greater part of the ship, extending from amidships both forward and aft. Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' 2012-04-17T02:00:14.973Z A score of men, mostly engine-room ratings, were gathered amidships on the shattered deck of the crippled vessel. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z There was a lamp amidships, and, as he regained his balance, Mary, smiling in spite of herself, saw that he was an Englishman, a man about thirty, and plainly dressed. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z Sitting amidships in the boat, the man continued to chuckle. Held by Chinese Brigands 2012-03-26T02:00:40.573Z In the former the luxurious saloons are placed amidships, the motion being less felt there. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z In addition to the main stairways mentioned there was a ladder on each side amidships giving access from the A deck below. Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' 2012-04-17T02:00:14.973Z Except for the crew, a few steerage passengers, and a knot of priests who clustered on the boat deck amidships, nobody appeared to be on board. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z There was a large hatch amidships with splashes of blood on it, and a number of holes where Winchester bullets had come up through the boards from below. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z He was sitting on one of the thwarts amidships; the paddlers were standing on the thwarts forward and astern of him. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z This, of course, did not add to the power of steering; for, if the helm was insufficient when the power was amidships, it was, of course, still less effectual when the power was all astern. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z The boatbuilder may be further restricted as to breadth, and, therefore, he again detracts from the form a boat should have by dispensing with sheer and increasing the depth from keel to gunwale amidships. Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' 2012-04-17T02:00:14.973Z The second saloon, which was amidships, occupied far more room. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z Some of this talk presently reached the ears of Ben Haven, the mate, and watching his chance, he came up to where Chet and Andy were standing amidships. First at the North Pole Two Boys in the Arctic Circle 2012-02-27T03:00:16.033Z The mast was planted amidships, but in such a way that it could be lowered when not in use. Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age 2012-02-23T03:00:38.817Z Lukin purchased a Norway yawl, to the outer frame of which he added a projecting gunwale of cork, tapering from nine inches amidships to very little at the bows and stern. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z Of these books it will be prudent to say a little before recording an expedition in which East Anglia was attacked, so to speak, amidships. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z It was right amidships too, had two port-holes, and berths that for comfort could scarcely have been improved upon. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z Below, every available space was filled with provisions and other necessities, and coal, and on deck many bags of coal were piled up amidships. First at the North Pole Two Boys in the Arctic Circle 2012-02-27T03:00:16.033Z Several planks amidships had been started; the mainmast was heavily scored; and a number of round shot were rolling about the waist. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z Meantime prayers and vows rose from the trembling throng amidships, and, to hear them, it seemed there were almost as many gods about as men and women. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z The engine and steering-gear were amidships and were arranged so that one man could handle the craft. The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward 2012-02-03T03:00:19.757Z There was a breach amidships, the stern was under water, only the foremast stood; and nowhere was there any sign of life. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z Look here, Pete," he said, drawing a chalk line amidships across the deck; "you stand this side of that line, and you stand there, Hiram. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z There was hot work then amidships that narrow vessel. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z W—— wielded the paddle astern, while I took the oars amidships. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z The old sail amidships had been jerked away, and there stood Up-na-tan, with one hand upon the breech of his long eighteen and the other holding a lighted lanyard ready to touch her off. The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution 2012-01-09T03:00:21.297Z The iron prow of the assailant struck the Cumberland amidships, crushing in her side with a mortal gash. Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields 2012-01-07T03:00:15.907Z The two light boats had been carried away, also every article on deck, and the starboard bulwarks from amidships to stem. Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z The British barque Chilo got ashore outside, and has parted amidships; about 100 piculs copper cash have been saved from her cargo. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (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. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z Two or three men then run out to the prow, seize the foot of the yards and carry them bodily amidships. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z He aimed at her hull, as near amidships as might be. The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution 2012-01-09T03:00:21.297Z Our vessel, however, was only boarded once, and that by a large Spanish mackerel that made a misleap, fell amidships, and served our little company with a pleasant dinner. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z I asked the mate when he came back amidships, having seen the anchor let go. In the Yellow Sea 2011-12-26T03:00:10.083Z It is submerged by means of a horizontal rudder in the stern and a horizontal propeller acting vertically amidships beneath the boat. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z An hour or two goes slowly by, then the watchman approaches the great bell that hangs amidships. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z It was a misty night, and before morning there was nothing worth noticing upon the deck, unless it might be something amidships that was covered by a tarpaulin. The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution 2012-01-09T03:00:21.297Z Keep her stem-on to the big pieces, and don’t bump her amidships, if possible. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z Soon after eight bells the warship weighed anchor, and I was permitted to go on deck amidships, or forward of the bridge, and while I was gazing alongside my midshipman friend accosted me. In the Yellow Sea 2011-12-26T03:00:10.083Z The first-class passengers are placed amidships; the second-class are placed aft; and the steerage, forward. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z The whale struck her right amidships, and she went over and down at once. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z "Now, every man hark!" said Captain Avery to his crew, when, a little later, he had gathered them amidships. The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution 2012-01-09T03:00:21.297Z Bob grins, and shares the fact that he has a single cabin: “No. 222, like the painkiller,” he quips, and comfortably amidships. Margaret Atwood: “Stone Mattress.” 2011-12-12T05:00:00Z I was pondering upon my intended movements, when Eagan came amidships to where I was gazing at the crowded river, and asked me what I proposed to do. In the Yellow Sea 2011-12-26T03:00:10.083Z Fifty yards farther down a broad mudbank blocked the channel all the way across, and in attempting to drag the old canoe out for the portage, I pulled it in two amidships. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z Peering down the main hatch I saw that, as we had expected, the main hold was flooded, though amidships the depth of water was but a foot. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z One large sheep-pen was constructed amidships, below deck, that there might be fresh mutton as long as possible. The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution 2012-01-09T03:00:21.297Z Clutching her rail where it was lowest amidships he endeavored to pull himself out. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z I staggered up as bidden, and in a moment he had secured me with a rope to a belaying pin amidships, beneath the bridge. In the Yellow Sea 2011-12-26T03:00:10.083Z We were to man the sweep for the purpose of keeping the raft from striking amidships. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z Lashed amidships, 'twixt two of the thwarts, was one of the boxes we had made, ostensibly for the storing of the Madre treasure. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z Right here, amidships, the English crew had supposed to be the strength of their assailants and they had rushed desperately to meet it. The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution 2012-01-09T03:00:21.297Z He pulled the lanyard, there was a sharp bang, and a shell bored its way through the plates of the Nadine amidships, just missing the engines. The World Masters 2011-11-18T03:00:31.543Z At eight P.M. the crunching and thundering was worse than ever; masses of ice and snow dashed over the tent and rails amidships. Fridtjof Nansen A book for the young 2011-11-17T03:00:36.810Z Corway at once turned and moved toward the captain, who was approaching with his first officer, from amidships, smoking a cigar. An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z By now the vessel had burned almost to the water's edge amidships, and crash after crash could be heard as the guns plunged through the burning planks into the hold. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z Next moment I was aboard and stuffed away in the little pokey rat-hole of a cabin amidships. The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z She now carried a hundred pounder rifle amidships, a rifled thirty on her forecastle, four twenty-four pounders on the broadsides, and two howitzers on the quarter deck. Brave Old Salt or, Life on the Quarter Deck 2011-11-04T02:00:18.377Z Geoffrey, ordinarily kind to pets, selected a large mellow pear, aimed it with steady eye, and hit Joseph A. Graham, accurately, amidships. Life's Minor Collisions 2011-11-03T02:00:17.547Z Four, who had been attending to the lowering of the sails, were standing amidships; the fifth, a mild-looking, bearded man of more than average height, was at the long, curved tiller. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z Barbette, bar-bėt′, n. an earthen terrace inside the parapet of a rampart, serving as a platform for heavy guns: in ironclad ships, a heavily armoured redoubt amidships. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z Two or three men were grouped about amidships watching us, and one, the owner, or skipper of the boat I presumed, entered upon a longwinded conversation with my conductor. The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z She had a heavy rifled pivot gun amidships, and four broadside guns, and was in every respect well provided for the work in which she was to engage. Brave Old Salt or, Life on the Quarter Deck 2011-11-04T02:00:18.377Z "Then put your helm over when I give the word and strike yonder canoe square amidships." The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z This, with the tent, took up the greater part of the deck space amidships. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z A few big logs of hardwood that gave out an aromatic smell were made fast amidships. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z The great stone, which a man of ordinary strength could not have moved, turned ponderously in the air and struck the gunwale amidships with a crash that tore out the planks in splinters. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z "Mr. Somers is wounded and fallen overboard!" shouted the captain of the pivot gun amidships. Brave Old Salt or, Life on the Quarter Deck 2011-11-04T02:00:18.377Z Her bows were considerably damaged, while amidships a portion of her keel and both garboards had been stove in, leaving a jagged hole nearly two feet in diameter. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z Already the tent had been rigged amidships, while the jib—useless, or nearly so, while running—had been employed as a sun-screen for Preston. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z Such boats held more ‘way’ than more modern craft, which are fullest amidships. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z A big, tall, gray-haired chap, who was settin' about amidships of the table got to his feet. The Postmaster 2011-09-21T02:00:28.863Z Two of the heavy 12-inch guns of the former thundered almost simultaneously, and both shells striking us almost amidships, caused us such a shock that for a second I stood breathless. The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z They were alone—a crippled man, three lads, and a native boy—upon an abandoned vessel that threatened every moment to part amidships. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z Both exploded amidships, one on either side, about fifty feet for'ard of the engine-room, which in vessels of the Bivalve's type are well aft. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z A shell burst squarely amidships on the German. The Blue Grass Seminary Girls on the Water Exciting Adventures on a Summer Cruise Through the Panama Canal 2011-09-05T02:00:21.637Z He was in and out of my room no less than fifteen times, rigged out in some sort of blanket dress, fastened with a rope amidships. The Postmaster 2011-09-21T02:00:28.863Z All our vessels were suffering frightfully, when there was a sudden explosion, and, to the Englishmen's dismay, it was seen that a torpedo had struck the Undaunted nearly amidships. The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z The boys placed the girls amidships, and showed them how to cling to the straps on either side. The Girls of Central High on the Stage The Play That Took The Prize 2011-09-05T02:00:21.083Z The small, square, white curtained windows just above the dimpling water line were all open, and, set amidships, was a round porthole, on whose edge stood a pot of brilliant scarlet geraniums. The Red Cross Barge 2011-09-05T02:00:20.603Z Parting amidships, some sixty of her passengers were lost. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z We must labour hard at the pumps; we’ve still one boat uninjured amidships; we may build a raft. Jack Buntline 2011-08-31T02:01:34.270Z Sailors dancing amidships to the music of flute and fiddle. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z This latter was not the great elevated deck you see on passenger steamers right amidships. In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism 2011-08-31T02:01:29.827Z I was idling amidships about the ship’s shadowy structure when I was asked to take charge of the bridge till eight bells. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z This structure began about amidships, where it attained a height of some thirty feet. The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune 2011-08-27T02:00:19.473Z Here is one amidships in a location of greatest ease upon the stomach. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z He is under the wreck of the masts amidships and alive, for he waved his hand to us. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z Finally the launch lay straight alongside the schooner, amidships, and there was nothing left to do but wait for Spencer. Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water 2011-08-11T02:00:15.547Z When at 11.30 the men congregated amidships with their tins for dinner the sun was a near furnace and the breeze a balm. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z Ben Stubbs and Harry sat in the extreme stern, while Pudge and Billy occupied opposite seats amidships. The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune 2011-08-27T02:00:19.473Z The quantity of chain used on each side of the vessel in this much-talked-of armouring is only 120 fathoms, and it covers a space amidships of 49 ft. An Englishman's View of the Battle between the Alabama and the Kearsarge An Account of the Naval Engagement in the British Channel, on Sunday June 19th, 1864 2011-08-08T02:00:19.967Z Our station on deck must be before the mast, our place below a seat before the galley fire, and a bunk or hammock amidships. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z Because he and Dan'l clashed so sharply, Brander had fallen into the way of spending much time amidships with the harpooners, or forward with the crew.... The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z The two 87 little streets of three doors each, to port and starboard of her amidships, the doors that open out under the shade of the boat deck to sea. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z Two men, amidships, in oilskins, held a brief conversation with those on board the intruder. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z If the explosion was amidships—and you say it was in the 132 fireroom—I doubt if a hole torn in the outside of the ship would sink her. Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound A Red Cross Worker's Ocean Perils 2011-07-17T02:00:37.407Z The two girls were staring back at Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island, when a petty officer above on the lookout post hailed the bridge amidships. Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie Great Times in the Land of Cotton 2011-07-17T02:00:32.150Z He set the man to scrub the decks, amidships, one day after an eighty barrel bull whale had been tried out. The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z Our first mate, passing amidships where the Purser was leaning overside, stopped to tell me what this meant for him and the second mate. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z A third figure rose up amidships—a tall, familiar figure, clad in a long enveloping cloak. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z But suddenly there appeared out of the cabin, or “dog-house” slung amidships of the great envelope, the officer that Tom had first seen with the trumpet. Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound A Red Cross Worker's Ocean Perils 2011-07-17T02:00:37.407Z “There’s no getting to them, if they’re alive,” exclaimed Oakum; “the whole of the schooner’s blown out amidships.” Dutch the Diver A Man's Mistake 2011-07-15T02:00:21.010Z And three or four of the men, amidships, saw. The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z Two engineers off duty leaned on the rails amidships, smoking, looking into the vacancy in which the moonlight laid a floor of troubled silver. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z It can only be done by paddling from amidships instead of from the stern. Three in Norway by Two of Them 2011-07-10T02:00:15.900Z At ten minutes or so before noon a smart little sub-officer came to Ruth’s stateroom and asked her to accompany him to the engine-room, amidships. Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound A Red Cross Worker's Ocean Perils 2011-07-17T02:00:37.407Z It rose or fell on a strong powerful lever, on a modified principle used for the disappearing guns; and the frame of the ship had been strengthened amidships to bear the strain. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z Brander sat amidships, his bundle at his feet, lending a hand now and then on the oar of the man who faced him. The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z I shut my heavy teak door amidships, shut out the daunting uproar of floods, and the sensation that the night was collapsing round our heaving ship. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z I was somewhere amidships, the stillest spot that I could find, yet I heard no footsteps, and had no idea that any one was near me. A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado 2011-07-03T02:00:07.507Z Then—— Suddenly a flash of flame and a balloon of smoke was spouted from a small mortar amidships of that deck. Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound A Red Cross Worker's Ocean Perils 2011-07-17T02:00:37.407Z "If I succeed in getting her alongside amidships will you be ready to swarm down and into her?" Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z The men amidships prepared to bring down mast and sail at the word, and stow them safely away so that they might not hinder the battle that would come. The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z Your glance caught a wave passing amidships as a heaped mass of polished obsidian, having minor hollows and ridges on its slopes, conchoidal fractures in its glass. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z From amidships a cloud of black smoke, tinged with lurid flames, soared skywards. The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:22.377Z Her engine-room was amidships, and was as perfectly fitted as everything else. The Kidnapped President 2011-06-23T02:00:29.120Z Both burst amidships, sweeping away the bridge and chart-house, and with them the rash and gallant skipper and three of the crew. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z The sail came fluttering down, mast and all; and the four men amidships rolled it awkwardly, stowed it along the gunwale.... The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z The wave stopped us with the shock of a grounding, came solid over our fore-length, and broke on our structure amidships. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z They could see Chumru, the ryot, the horses, and of course, the steersman, but the girls were seated in the well amidships, these river craft being only partly decked fore and aft. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z A push of a button and the small but powerful searchlight, mounted amidships on the cabin roof, gleamed out. The Motor Girls at Camp Surprise The Cave in the Mountains 2011-06-16T02:00:18.377Z Crouching close to the low bulwarks the two officers made their way amidships. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z He leaped for the stern, groped past Mr. Ham amidships.... The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z Had the liner kept its course the torpedo would have struck it amidships. Army Boys in France or, From Training Camp to Trenches 2011-06-15T02:00:18.907Z The rockets shot out of the box amidships with a shower of sparks. Ruth Fielding At Sunrise Farm What Became of the Raby Orphans 2011-06-14T02:00:19.177Z Seated amidships, wearing a leather jacket, cap and gloves, Andy had the motor keyed up to its highest speed. Airship Andy or The Luck of a Brave Boy 2011-06-13T02:00:31.130Z A second burst amidships, shattering a couple of ventilators, splintering one of the boats, and destroying the greater portion of the bridge. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z Faith, one day, heard a man talking to Brander amidships; she caught only a word or two. The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z “All right—it sort of took me amidships,” agreed Frank. Two Boys of the Battleship or For the Honor of Uncle Sam 2011-06-07T02:00:13.313Z As he went along the boatswain’s mate briefly explained everything, going into detail regarding the handling of the big guns, the ammunition hoists and the electric signaling plant far down amidships. The Battleship Boys at Sea Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy 2011-06-06T02:00:06.803Z As the airship came to a halt on the starting line, Andy saw him move forward to take his seat amidships. Airship Andy or The Luck of a Brave Boy 2011-06-13T02:00:31.130Z She was low-lying, with a raised superstructure amidships, one funnel, and a tall mast fitted with a fire-control platform. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z A cheer rose up, and Winston pushed his way within reach of the rope ladder dangling amidships. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z But your proposition sort of took me—er—” “Call it amidships, if we are to enlist,” suggested Ned, with a laugh. Two Boys of the Battleship or For the Honor of Uncle Sam 2011-06-07T02:00:13.313Z She was a little way from the end of the ship, and Cynthia through sheer luck had struck her amidships. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z There was a hatch in the main deck amidships. The Campfire Girls on Station Island or, The Wireless from the Steam Yacht 2011-05-19T02:00:07.110Z Already the sea was four feet deep over the mud, and the galley, her waist full of water and her bulwarks awash amidships, resembled two lofty castles joined by a low wooden wall. The Winning of the Golden Spurs 2011-05-17T02:00:18.050Z The goal of his desire, the aim of all his dearest dreams, was a tugboat, a smart little devil of a craft with a proper wheel-house amidships and booms and hawsers aft. Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z Brushing a few crows from the backbone of the fond charger, upon which they were innocently roosting, he placed the saddle amidships, and conducted the fiery stallion to my hotel. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 2011-04-21T02:00:47.647Z Bill took his place amidships, with Sam in the bow, and the young Seminole wielded a paddle in the stern. Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman 2011-04-14T02:00:39.800Z She had swung round, beam to wind, when he feebly clutched her rail amidships. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z "Let her sink!" shouted Kyd, bounding amidships among his men. Captain Kyd, Vol. II or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-04-11T02:00:12.290Z But Gwen in the stern behaves no better than when seated amidships. Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z The boat amidships on our side had rowed away some minutes before, and through the darkness I could distinguish another boat, near the bows, pushing off. The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine 2011-03-15T02:00:14.097Z The ball plumped directly amidships, and two of the paddlers fell. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z On the foremost funnel and along her sides were painted her national colours, while to leave no doubt as to her identity the words "Trone—Danmark" appeared amidships in letters six feet in height. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z Each of the three monitors at Barrow displaced 1,200 tons, and carried two 6-inch guns mounted forward in an armoured barbette, two 4.7-inch howitzers aft, and four 3-pounder guns amidships. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z He discharged two torpedoes at her, one striking her at the bow and the other amidships. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. 2011-02-19T03:01:10.063Z The canoe, some sixteen feet long, is boarded roughly across amidships, and on a thin layer of sand and wood-ashes burns a pine-knot fire. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z Grace was crying, amidships, and trying to steer the boat while Walter tinkered with the engine. Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall Or the Mystery of the Haunted Boathouse 2011-02-14T03:00:33.337Z The officers were grouped amidships, their attention fixed upon some distant object which they were examining through their glasses. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z It had one mast amidships, with a lug sail, and was flat-bottomed, without keel. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z But Gwen in the stern behaves no better, than when seated amidships. Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z They kept away from the after-part of the deck, gathering in groups amidships and towards the bow. The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover 2011-02-09T03:00:44.167Z Full amidships the Queen struck her, cutting her through like a great knife, and the vessel sank beneath the turbid waters of the river, all the crew not killed struggling in the water. The Courier of the Ozarks 2011-02-09T03:00:43.267Z Almost the whole of the space amidships was covered by huge tarpaulins, leaving a narrow gangway on either side. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z Her long boat, amidships, was rather an ornament than an excrescence, as in most merchantmen. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 2011-02-02T03:00:22.253Z The task accomplished, she was moving amidships when she thought she heard a slight sound from within the deck house. Saboteurs on the River 2011-01-28T03:00:23.967Z The rest of the crew were mostly on the deck amidships; some few were in the bows, and a group was gathered but a little forward of the quarter-deck. The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover 2011-02-09T03:00:44.167Z Meals were brought from the cook’s galley amidships, and utensils only were stored in the lockers of the dingy saloon in which he and many of the sailors used to eat. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z Her forefoot lifted almost clear of the water, while to the accompaniment of the hiss of escaping vapour from a fractured main steam-pipe, the "Antipas" buckled amidships. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z A half dozen other men, roustabouts I judged from their general unkemptness, were gathered amidships by the rail. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z The cannon which protruded their black noses amidships held their threat of destruction even when they were not belching thunder and lightning. Dutch and English on the Hudson A Chronicle of Colonial New York 2011-01-17T03:00:47.770Z The boat whose measurements I have given had, if I remember rightly, a slightly wider beam at No. 3 stretcher than she had amidships. Rowing 2011-01-15T03:00:32.313Z The smart white paint had been badly scraped amidships and in the bows, but the wood was not splintered. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z With a speed that amazed Penny, she trimmed the main and jib sheets flat amidships, placing the tiller a little to starboard. Guilt of the Brass Thieves 2011-01-04T03:01:18.213Z All are on the lines of the above plan, differing only in minor details, such as the provision of a cabin amidships, etc., and in dimensions. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1913 2011-01-04T03:01:14.690Z Trent, lounging among cushions amidships, let his eyes follow Da-yak, who moved forward and took the paddle from the boatman. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z The Bonita's helm had been lashed amidships, and, save in the event of very heavy weather, both crafts could readily be steered from the tug. A Runaway Brig; or, An Accidental Cruise 2011-01-02T03:00:16.390Z “All hands amidships!” shouted the captain, and there was a race for the ladders. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z With sails flat amidships, the boat shot straight backwards. Guilt of the Brass Thieves 2011-01-04T03:01:18.213Z To distribute this enormous bulk and weight, it was disposed in three tanks—one aft, one amidships, and one forward. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z A wire about thirty feet long is swivelled at the top of the post and the other end hooked on to the gunwale of the speed-boat, amidships. From the archive, 3 August 1934: An Armada In East London 2010-08-03T14:50:00Z The wind was decreasing each moment, and, regardless of the possibility that it might spring up again from a different quarter, the helm was lashed amidships that all hands might sleep. A Runaway Brig; or, An Accidental Cruise 2011-01-02T03:00:16.390Z They lifted her down to her place amidships, where her head rested on the package of treasure, and she remained there contentedly many hours. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z He took that Fritz fairly amidships with his stem, but he couldn't get free, and they went down locked. H.M.S. —— Masses of snow and ice rushed on us, high above the rail amidships and over the tent. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 The most of the crew hung about amidships; the principal persons being upon the quarterdeck, and there remaining a great while. Idonia: A Romance of Old London Laura and I saw it from amidships, looking out across the high stern of the vessel that sank now below the horizon, then lifted into the sky. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise The embarkation was quickly accomplished, the under-sheriff planting himself amidships with his two prisoners, and the four posse-men taking the paddles as if they had been bred to it. Stranded in Arcady The captain jumped amidships and barked an order. H.M.S. —— Thus the Fram was forced down with the ice, while the other floe, packed up on the ice beneath, bore down on her, and took her amidships while she was still frozen fast. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 The mariners were once more in doubt about proceeding, as the upper works were strained, and a main beam amidships had cracked and bent. William Bradford of Plymouth The leading destroyer just got clear; but the Cleopatra struck the second destroyer full amidships and practically at right angles. The Harwich Naval Forces Their Part in the Great War Unfortunately the four cannon of the Flying Scud were all amidships, and were therefore not available for the defence. Maori and Settler A Story of The New Zealand War The modern boat carries the great part of her armament amidships and astern on swivels, and her bow is like a dagger. Last Words The glass dome over the engine-room was amidships, abaft the funnel. A Traitor's Wooing The mouldie cracked her up amidships, but her back didn’t break till she grounded on that sand spit there. Sea-Hounds Our ship moves steadily on, past Alcatraz Island with its long building on its rocky height, making it look like a big Atlantic liner built high amidships. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway It was a plain cabin, amidships, well lighted and ventilated, and very clean. Zigzag Journeys in Europe Vacation Rambles in Historic Lands She is, as far as I am able to measure, about 180 feet long with an extreme beam a little forward of amidships of 20 feet. Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England The boat floated against the snag, striking amidships. Harper's Round Table, September 10, 1895 I heard the bang and saw the flash of two or three shells bursting somewhere amidships, and then the Bow’s port after gun began to reply. Sea-Hounds Do not make the common mistake of hauling your boom in nearly amidships and jamming your boat up into the wind; it will not pay. Harper's Round Table, September 3, 1895 There are sixteen strakes a side, the breadth of each, amidships, being on the average 9½ in., including the land of 1 in., and 6160the length of planks varies from 8 ft. to 24 ft. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships So I had all the dories got aboard and stowed amidships. Harper's Round Table, July 23, 1895 The try-works, as they call them, are a sort of Dutch oven, built of bricks, and situated amidships. Harper's Round Table, June 11, 1895 It was the big fire raging amidships that turned my eyes to the Lion again. Sea-Hounds As they afterwards found out, they were the best that Browne could secure, were situated amidships, and were really intended each to accommodate four passengers. The Red Rat's Daughter The upper deck, which was the fighting-platform previously44 mentioned, was originally a flying structure, and, perhaps, did not occupy the full width of the vessel amidships. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships It will likewise drag back to its original position amidships in the pack the entire hitch, which, you will remember, was drawn too far forward by your previous pull toward the horse's head. Camp and Trail Then, his confused senses whirling round, he saw the great hull—the towering cut-water which had crashed into them right amidships, recede and vanish into the mist. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance Her crew had been busy getting up from her hold a long eighteen-pounder, which was shipped amidships, and worked on a swivel. The Ruined Cities of Zululand Her length was 150 feet and her width amidships 50 feet. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar It is decked over and provided with a cabin amidships, which does not occupy the full width of the vessel. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships Sube squeezed through without a great deal of difficulty; but Gizzard stuck fast somewhere about amidships. Sube Cane The lightning bolt struck the sea raider amidships, with a blinding flash. The Golden Amazons of Venus For a moment her decks seemed to overshadow those of the doomed craft, while her broad bow, with all the force of the tempest driving her, struck the schooner amidships. The Ruined Cities of Zululand From a shallow pit amidships jutted the broken arm of a mast, its splintered tip pointing toward the blindly watching moon. Isle of the Undead One of them has 58 oars, or more probably paddles, on each side, and two large cabins amidships, connected by a flying bridge, and with spaces fenced off from the body of the vessel. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships Well, she was of a very remarkable color—a light green, with a signal mast sticking up amidships. The Boy Scouts for Uncle Sam Then the tank of gas amidships exploded, sending a sheet of blue flame high into the air. The Golden Amazons of Venus The two bodies, namely, those of Captain Weber and the carpenter Morris, lay side by side amidships. The Ruined Cities of Zululand He stood in a little cockpit amidships, where, for the moment, there were no flames. Dick Hamilton's Fortune The Stirring Doings of a Millionaire's Son The breadth of a trireme at the water-line, amidships, was about 14 ft., perhaps increasing somewhat higher up, the sides tumbled home above the greatest width. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships On the top of it, amidships, was the conning tower, with thick glass lenses for observation. The Boy Scouts for Uncle Sam I saw hut-like structures about me where I stood, amidships, as the boys had said; but I feared to explore. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday The dead body of the old captain was carefully placed amidships, near his boxes of gold dust; that of the carpenter, Morris, beside it, for he too was dead. The Ruined Cities of Zululand There was a little car, of basket-work, amidships, where the operator sat. Dick Hamilton's Fortune The Stirring Doings of a Millionaire's Son The boat was sharp at each end, and the lines from amidships to stem, and from amidships to sternpost, were alike. Voyage of the Paper Canoe A Geographical Journey of 2500 miles, from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico, during the years 1874-5. The motor boat proved to be a sixty-foot affair, with a cabin amidships. The Boy Scouts for Uncle Sam So then, the ship being under orders to leave at four, soon after five the port authorities held a sort of roll-call amidships, and the pilots and the tugs arrived. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday They quickly launched the canoe, and put the cage of black foxes amidships; Fred sat behind it in order to hold it steady. Northern Diamonds Then they laid breeching under the boat, and hauled it up amidships by means of tackle. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 If it should touch the powder that was stored amidships, death would come to them all. Stories of Our Naval Heroes Every Child Can Read Her stout sides were torn by berg and floe, her decks covered with seal skins and jawbones of whales, and amidships there was a young polar bear growling in a huge cask. Jan Vedder's Wife At twelve, all hands were mustered amidships and numbered by the port authority, and one was missing. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday Mac sat in the stern, and Fred, who did not want to be left behind, seated himself amidships. Northern Diamonds And she must have struck the Kalkis forward as well as amidships. Command This was true, for Jack was now clinging to the stem of the boat, having edged his way along from amidships. The Motor Girls on the Coast or, The Waif From the Sea Immediately beneath it, amidships, in the steadiest part of the vessel where any movement would be least felt, was the first-class dining saloon, with the pantries and kitchens immediately aft of it. Titanic Fair as it was for us, save for the cinders that fell in showers amidships, the vessels running in the teeth of the weather were pitching with vigour. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday On her gun-platform the gunners slam open their breech, withdraw the charge, and hurry forward to join the mass of men amidships. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war A singularly shapely hull carried amidships a grotesque abortion in the form of a super-imposed upper bridge, and the teak deck forward was broken by a square hatchway. Command The torn shell quivered in an insensate death-rattle, and under a detonation at once hollow and loud a mass of timbers shot upward amidships. The Portal of Dreams The great superstructure of decks amidships which catches the eye so prominently in a picture or photograph, was but, in reality, a small part, although the most luxurious part, of the vessel. Titanic Towards nine o’clock, all hands being assembled amidships, his launch came to the foot of the gangway. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday Barter was going merrily on, when a scream from amidships startled the crew. The Story of Sitka The Historic Outpost of the Northwest Coast It was a much worse moment than when a vessel comes driving at you amidships out of the fog. Strangers and Wayfarers His body followed, finding entrance through the crevice amidships, so to speak, where it broadened out to some three feet across from the tapering point of the lowest corner. Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl But although the first-class accommodation was all amidships, and the second-class all aft, that of the third-class was scattered about in such blank spaces as could be found for it. Titanic Some of the coalheavers wore large sashes amidships, sashes of lurid colour also, violet and plum, extra shade. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday It was a trim little craft with a fair-sized cabin amidships and was capable of making eight knots an hour at its highest speed. Madge Morton's Trust Coming down the stream like an arrow, with a small square sail set well forward, was a keelboat, its hide-protected cargo rising a foot or more above the gunwale amidships. Bring Me His Ears The denial rang in Stud’s ears as he thrust his head into the black opening, entering, amidships, as the former muddle-headed explorer had done. Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl The Captain, who did not seem seriously worried or concerned, told them that the ship had been struck amidships or a little aft of that. Titanic As he spoke, a wave struck the vessel amidships, sent the spray in a shower over them, and fell with a great thud at their feet. Marguerite De Roberval A Romance of the Days of Jacques Cartier Yet he heard a low murmur of voices from amidships. Doubloons—and the Girl She was a good stout boat, decked in the bows and amidships, but open in the stern. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 8 (of 25) He bulged badly amidships and seemed greatly disturbed, not to say temperamental. Master of the Moondog She had sunk down at the forward end of the great superstructure amidships; her decks were just awash, and the black throng was moving aft. Titanic A wave mightier than its fellows broke against the high bows, and catching the Marie amidships, sent tons of water on her decks. Marguerite De Roberval A Romance of the Days of Jacques Cartier She was a hundred feet long, with a beam of fifteen feet amidships. The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror Her stern was much higher out of water than her bow, and amidships she was all aflame, belching up dense volumes of smoke. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers It is known from statements made to the Court of Inquiry, that the magazines were amidships and that a part of these was close to the boilers. Fulton's "Steam Battery": Blockship and Catamaran There was a small howitzer amidships,—Zac's joy and pride,—which, like the ensign, was made use of only on great and rare occasions, such as the king's birthday, or other seasons of general rejoicing. The Lily and the Cross A Tale of Acadia Now they drag two eighteen-pounders amidships, double-shot them, and point them down the main hatch, so as to blow out the bottom of the ship. Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools These air-planes worked on an axis amidships, and could be inclined either way through an angle of thirty degrees. The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror Before going below, he came amidships where Eric was lying, feeling weak, but thoroughly happy. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers Hatches to give air to the stokehold were located amidships. Fulton's "Steam Battery": Blockship and Catamaran It happened that I looked back amidships and saw a solitary figure standing on the bridge of the vessel. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" The barque would have to be "Lost at Sea"—luckily the boat down yonder amidships was a thumping big one. The Recipe for Diamonds This was seventy feet long and twelve wide amidships, and save for size it was the exact counterpart of the model already described. The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror He hadn’t moved far forward when his quick sight picked out the shimmer of a woman’s hair, like spun gold, about amidships in the rank of deck-chairs. The Bandbox This would have required a rearrangement of the fiddley hatches amidships. Fulton's "Steam Battery": Blockship and Catamaran As the gangplank was lowered, French military dignitaries in dress uniforms resplendent with gold braid, buttons and medals, advanced to that part of the deck amidships where the General stood. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" But don't you think," said Haigh, "that we might just snap the thing in two amidships, and leave the hind wheels and all the back part behind? The Recipe for Diamonds See! one at length strikes the German liner square amidships, and bursts. The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror To the east, and right amidships of the dawn, which was all pink, the day-star sparkled like a diamond. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) The patent drawing does not show deck details and in fact does not represent the vessel as built in any respect other than in being a catamaran with paddle wheel amidships between the hulls. Fulton's "Steam Battery": Blockship and Catamaran We walked hurriedly down the corridor leading from the smoke room in the stern to the lounge which was amidships. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" It had been used as a boat, but condemned as unseaworthy as soon as Dolly could not sit in it to be pushed about, the gunwale having split open amidships. When Ghost Meets Ghost On deck there were three structures, a sort of little conning tower forward, a wheel-house aft, and a deck saloon amidships. The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror By this time two heavy lines of hose had been rigged and attached to the boiler, and the other ends brought out on deck—one forward and the other amidships. Mrs. Cliff's Yacht Her side frames were straight and vertical amidships, but curved as the bow and stern were approached. Fulton's "Steam Battery": Blockship and Catamaran He stood on his feet, squinted ahead, ordered us amidships, dropped the peak of the mainsail, took the sheet in his hand. Gold But we’ll be fit as fiddles when we get some of them cakes stowed amidships, and ballast ’em down with a few swallers of that coffee. Captain Pott's Minister The ill-fated vessel lay on her side with a huge jagged hole torn in her fabric amidships. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 A huge submarine mine caught her full amidships, hurling the water high in the air, and tearing a great rent in her side. The Boys of '98 She was to be a side-paddle-wheel steamer, and her hull was diagonally braced; the wheel and engine were to be about amidships where she was dead flat for about 14 feet. Fulton's "Steam Battery": Blockship and Catamaran They were queer craft, dug out from the trunks of trees, with small decks in bow and stern, and with a low roof of palmetto leaves amidships. Gold Two blades of her propeller are broken, and she is leaking badly amidships. An Ocean Tramp The hull, hardly three feet above water amidships, was “Union color,” and invisible at night. The Missourian At last a 1-pounder from the Winslow went fair and true, and struck the hull of the Lopez a little aft of amidships, apparently exploding on the inside. The Boys of '98 Bill heard her call his name and saw her pointing—not ahead to their anchorage, but amidships and toward the sky. The Day of the Dog "The foc'sle crowd is locked in the hold—you see the guards, one at the fore hatch, and two amidships," said Martin. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story The rain had chilled the air, so he reached into the drawer under the amidships bunks, took out a sweat shirt, and pulled it over his head. The Flying Stingaree To the gunwales amidships two of the men fastened a couple of small crotched posts. The Pathless Trail The negro's big, yellow-palmed hands worked dexterously among the instruments to his right; then, amidships, grew a shrill whine which keened upward in pitch. Hawk Carse As the echoes of the bell died, a piercing whine grew amidships, and shreds of blue light swiftly scattered by the Sandra's ports. The Passing of Ku Sui The great floe on the port side to which we are moored sends out an ugly projection about amidships, which might give her a bad squeeze in case of the ice packing. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I Four could sleep in the forward cabin, and two amidships where the galley, dinette, and bath were located. The Flying Stingaree This he still kept concealed amidships, under the canvas, desiring to impress fully upon his opponent the idea of his inferiority. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 3 September 1848 That ship was larger than her predecessors and carried a third cabin for passengers suspended amidships. Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons A long thirty-two lay amidships, carefully covered with canvas, which also concealed a formidable pile of balls. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 Dead-water manifests itself in the form of larger or smaller ripples or waves stretching across the wake, the one behind the other, arising sometimes as far forward as almost amidships. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I A catch of two hundred good-sized cod was now considered the usual thing for a handliner, and night after night the piles of silver fish in the pens amidships seemed to grow in size. The Harbor of Doubt The boat, which had run quickly alongside of the steamer near her bow, now lay beside the accommodation ladder which hung amidships. The Island Mystery The great compartment amidships given over to machinery is a place to test the nerves. Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons There the second class was well amidships, with a deck-room almost equal to that given the aristocrats at the bow. The Destroyer A Tale of International Intrigue The passenger superstructure––no more than a hundred feet long––was set amidships. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 He spread a tarpaulin amid the clutter amidships and they sat down. The Harbor of Doubt They had the same high bows and high sterns curving inwards, the same low freeboard amidships where the rowers sat. The Island Mystery And that guard, I saw, in his position high amidships, commanded all the deck. Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 Shad, amidships, was engaged in drawing off his outer flannel shirt, from which he coolly proceeded to wring, as thoroughly as possible, the excess water, before donning it again. The Gaunt Gray Wolf A Tale of Adventure With Ungava Bob Persons on shore saw a fire break out amidships, and many craft went to her assistance, although a northwest gale was blowing and the sea was rough. The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War There was a rush aft, but Tanner met the crew and drove them to the nested boats amidships. The Harbor of Doubt The sides were bevelled, and heavy stones were placed amidships to give a slight fore-and-aft camber to the bottom. The Migrations of an American Boat Type Presently the latter opened her guns, sending a fiery shell that exploded in the Petrel, and a heavy solid shot that struck her amidships below water-mark. Harper's Young People, September 7, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly The big wave fell with a crash amidships; the schooner stopped and shivered while a torrent of water drove clear over the stern. Billy Topsail & Company A Story for Boys For instance, if the lead is placed amidships, the pull will simply keep the rudder dead straight, whereas if placed on the deck edge it will allow the maximum amount of angle. Boys' Book of Model Boats Code found Elsa ensconced with a book under the awning amidships. The Harbor of Doubt The larger boat was always fitted to carry two masts, but by shifting the foremast to a second step more nearly amidships she could be worked with one mast and sail. The Migrations of an American Boat Type They wanted merely to lay their eyes along that Long Tom amidships, and to have a cutlass flashing over their shoulders––so fashion! Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life Bill o’ Burnt Bay, at the wheel, and the crew, forward and amidships, kept watch for the coast and the friendly landmarks of harbour. Billy Topsail & Company A Story for Boys Before cutting away the sides of the block, look at Plate IV.; this gives the shape of the boat amidships. Harper's Young People, July 6, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly There was a thump, a slimy slapping of wet fish, and a voice counting monotonously as its owner forked his forenoon’s catch into the pen amidships. The Harbor of Doubt The flare increased rapidly from the bow toward amidships, where it became 3½ inches for every 12 inches of depth. The Migrations of an American Boat Type Meanwhile the divisions on deck had got hawsers over the launch amidships, the chains unbent, the anchors lashed down on the forecastle, and the quarter boats triced well inboard and secured with the davits. Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life The boys came aft from forward and amidships. Billy Topsail & Company A Story for Boys The bullet had struck him "amidships" and shattered the hip on the opposite side. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Then he swung his glasses to cover the dories nested amidships, and found that on them, too, new paint had obscured the name. The Harbor of Doubt There was a tinkling crash on the starboard side amidships; a screaming swish as something slithered along the side and caromed off into the void. The Copper-Clad World Now the rib-bands are planed off and tacked in place, being spaced amidships as shown in Fig. Harper's Young People, April 27, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly The sea came clear over the bow and broke amidships; the wind fairly drove the breath back into the skipper’s throat. Billy Topsail & Company A Story for Boys Then a light deck beam is set in amidships, the mast step put in, and the inside of the hull and the bottom of the deck painted. Harper's Young People, April 6, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly In the little roadstead the vessels, black-hulled or white, rode eagerly and gracefully at their moorings, the bright sun bringing out the red, yellow, green, blue, and brown of the dories nested amidships. The Harbor of Doubt The old man sprang into the stern of the dugout and motioned to Jesse to find a seat amidships. The Young Alaskans on the Trail He heaved a cushion at Jack, which the latter caught and returned so quickly that it caught Bob amidships and brought him to feet with a bound. The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards A square sail, furled at present, mounted on a single mast amidships would help the rowers when the wind was right. The Saracen: The Holy War He had been disturbed by the racket and now stood amidships. The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless Or, the Dot, Dash and Dare Cruise As the sloop had only fore and aft sails, they had merely run a rope under the bottom, bringing both ends together amidships. The Black Buccaneer Generally amidships, but sometimes in the stern of the ship, is the school-room; for sailor boys have other things to learn besides the practical sailing of a ship. Harper's Young People, February 24, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly And the youth, whom the torpedo had struck amidships, was just departing, conscious of reluctance, when Mr. Fenwick appeared, having come back for his umbrella. Somehow Good A single mast was stepped amidships, and this supported the one large square sail which was all that ships of those days carried. Harper's Young People, February 3, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Two much-muffled figures, looking nearly identical, and each of the pair carrying a bag, appeared on deck amidships, one standing on 138 each side of the deck-house. The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless Or, the Dot, Dash and Dare Cruise Mutiny might have broken out then and there, but Stede Bonnet, cool as ever, stood amidships with his arms crossed and a calm-looking pistol in each fist. The Black Buccaneer There they are, cheek-by-jowl, as cosy as wrens'-nests, just abaft the cook's galley amidships yonder.' Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure “Good morning!” greeted Judge Breckenridge, who, seated near the rail amidships, was smoking an early morning cigar in the keenest enjoyment. Dorothy's Triumph With wide-open engines, she struck the Sea Gull amidships, full on the beam. El Diablo By this time her prow was head-on for the “Restless,” as though aimed to strike the latter craft amidships. The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless Or, the Dot, Dash and Dare Cruise Job, happy to be on the water once more, took the stern paddle, Bob knelt in the bow, and Jeremy squatted amidships with the blankets and guns. The Black Buccaneer He put her gently down when he gained the deck, and led her away amidships somewhere, and there the two disappeared. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure His brother tended the sail, and I was crouched amidships. Old New England Traits The chest war amidships, when I parted from it. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea It struck Hunter amidships, most unexpectedly, and had the result of sending Mocalee’s police force sprawling to the floor. The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless Or, the Dot, Dash and Dare Cruise "All hands up, ready to board her," he ordered, and the crew, swarming on deck, ran to their places by the longboat amidships. The Black Buccaneer Weakened by fasting, and borne down by the weight of the trap, she came very near drowning before she could scramble up again over the end of the log and seat herself amidships. Forest Neighbors Life Stories of Wild Animals The divers having gone down reported the ship aground in three distinct places, aft, amidships under the batteries, and forward. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 She must have been abandoned, before that hour, by all but the solitary individual standing amidships, and pouring out his insane utterances to the ears of the ocean. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea The Retvisan had been struck amidships, and a large hole blown in her pump compartment, rendering it necessary that she also should be beached in order to save her. Under the Ensign of the Rising Sun A Story of the Russo-Japanese War When the sloop was well out of range and the excitement had subsided, he turned for the first time to look at a small group that had been talking amidships. The Black Buccaneer He made a quick rush, like a torpedo-boat attacking a man-of-war, and hit the intruder amidships, ramming him with all his might. Forest Neighbors Life Stories of Wild Animals Then he went aft and lashed the tiller amidships, which done, he announced that all was ready. Dick Leslie's Luck A Story of Shipwreck and Adventure Another jerk brought the fish out of its native element, landing it amidships on board the Catamaran, where, like its two predecessors, it was instantly knocked on the head. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea But scarcely had she started her engines when an enormous pillar of flame, water, and smoke enveloped her amidships. Under the Ensign of the Rising Sun A Story of the Russo-Japanese War Bob and Jeremy clung to the rail amidships and vied with each other in stretching out over the boiling seas that raced below. The Black Buccaneer "And we'll have the law of you for it," promised the man in the pearl buttons from amidships, but in a weakening voice. Merry-Garden and Other Stories The first to reach the hostile ironclad was the Monongahela, Captain Strong, which struck her squarely amidships on the starboard side, when she was still four hundred yards distant from the body of the fleet. Admiral Farragut Suffering the torture of disappointment,—each moment increasing in agony,—little William leaped down from the cask; and, rushing amidships, commenced mounting the mast. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea When we came up the cat was already amidships, a scarcely discernible shadow at the margin of our lantern's ring. Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) Ghost Stories The old sailors would coax the little maiden amidships and tell her "yarns" also, about sharks and whales and albatrosses. Nine Little Goslings And when Earl Eric saw that the Snake was defenceless amidships he boarded it with fifteen men. The Red True Story Book She fortunately struck us abaft the main channels; had she done so amidships, it would have meant the destruction of both ships and of about a thousand lives. A Sailor of King George As already stated, it was amidships,—where its owner had been exploring it. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea Its pagan owner had been buried in it, and his bones were found amidships, along with the bones of a dog and a peacock, a few iron fish-hooks and other articles. The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest Mrs. Fred was on the cabin roof amidships, with quite a little court of girls and young men about her. A Little Country Girl And away he went again, keeping his newly-acquired fact painfully in mind, and so avoiding further collision amidships for four or five strokes. Tom Brown at Oxford The enemy scout, disabled by the shock, stunned and unable to maneuver took the entire salvo amidships and disappeared in a puff of flame. A Question of Courage The offer was willingly accepted by the sailor, who, relinquishing his hold upon the oar, went forward amidships. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea From above the gunwale of a boat stowed amidships on the Ponto a feeble light glimmered. Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force As she did so she gave a quick list to starboard, until only a few inches of bulwark amidships showed above the waves. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War Striking the sharp iron hook through the fish's gills, he lifted the slimy gray body over the gunwale, unhooked it, and slung it, floundering, over the kid-board into the empty space amidships. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good Some of the fellows had seen the torpedo strike her right amidships, and a great column of water rise high in the air and fall on her decks. The Tale of a Trooper Then we lay flat to the deck, as she ran noiselessly amidships, and into the very centre of the five men. The Iron Pirate A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea His vessel was a small steamer, mounting one heavy gun amidships and two smaller cannon on each side. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 "Now you Mexicans get back into the cabin," Hal continued, stepping back amidships. Uncle Sam's Boys as Lieutenants or, Serving Old Glory as Line Officers Percy stepped into the slippery pen from which the fish had just been pitched; unluckily, too, he was not careful to plant his weight amidships. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good A squat little figure was huddled amidships, swinging a paddle from side to side with long, stringy arms. The Huntress We had struck the battleship low amidships—we had crashed through the thinnest coat of her steel. The Iron Pirate A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea She struck amidships at right angles, and with the crash of the collision came a hundred-pound shot from the ram, that passed through the wooden ship from end to end. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 With whoops and shouts they flocked to the capstan amidships, and began to compete, shoving on the bars, cheering and encouraging each other and deriding those on the forecastle deck, who responded. The Grain Ship A malicious little gush of clear green water, just flecked with foam, spurted in over the gun'l amidships. A Poor Man's House The tack and sheet are thus dispensed with, a spar with tackle amidships brings the leeches taut on a wind. 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 the black death-bearer followed her, as a shark follows a death-ship; we seemed even to have backed into its course—it came on as though to strike us full amidships. The Iron Pirate A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea Two huge paddle-boxes towered above the deck amidships, the wheels being of enormous size. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 He told me to go over and lash the wheel amidships, and I declined, as politely as I could. The Grain Ship The ship had broken her back, having, as she was carried in on the crest of a great wave, dropped on a sharp ledge of rocks about amidships. With Cochrane the Dauntless A place amidships, on the upper deck of guard-ships, assigned for the supernumeraries' hammocks. 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 thick-headed vermin," hissed Black; "give him another, amidships this time." The Iron Pirate A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea The davits amidships of the "Grand Gulf" are swung out, and a boat's crew, with a lieutenant and dapper midshipman, climb in. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 This fight ended by the writhing python getting too close to the boa-constrictor, who happened to be nosing his way across the deck amidships. The Grain Ship At this moment she was struck amidships by a heavy shell, with the result that only one torpedo was fired. World's War Events, Vol. II A French fishing-boat, the same as the well-boats of the English coasts, in having a well amidships in which to keep the fish alive until arrival in port. 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. Forward, in amidships, the band was playing a slow waltz and fifty or so couples from among the ship's company were solemnly revolving to the music with expressions of melancholy enjoyment peculiar to such exercise. The Long Trick The two vessels approached each other rapidly; and soon the stranger came near enough for those on the "Alabama" to make out her huge walking-beam, see-sawing up and down amidships. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 Somewhat impressed by this, I waited until eight bells, when the red-head came down—his job was merely the passing of new ribbons in place of old—and tackled him amidships, as he went forward. The Grain Ship When his head rose above the level of the cabin skylight, he saw a group of men near the 71 rail, amidships. All the Brothers Were Valiant It is powerful, but has the inconvenience of requiring to be lowered and shifted on the mast at every tack, unless the tack be secured amidships. 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 raised ring was in amidships before the after superstructure. The Long Trick The chain cables of all the vessels were coiled about vulnerable parts, or draped over the sides amidships to protect the boilers. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 Her plank-sheer amidships was awash, and the water rolling in a green body from starboard to port and back again. The Grain Ship The men stopped amidships; and Joel went toward them a little ways, until he was under the boat house. All the Brothers Were Valiant To put the helm amidships is to place it in a line with the keel. 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. Clare lay on her stomach on the baggage amidships, staring ahead with her chin propped in her palms, a characteristic boy’s attitude that touched Stonor’s heart. The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] The United States steamship "Perry" struck the "Sea-Bird" amidships, sinking her so quickly that the crew had scarce time to escape. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 The new factor was a green sea that lifted aboard amidships and flooded the waist of the ship. The Grain Ship He saw, then, that some of the crew had heard, and three or four of them were gathering amidships, near the try works. All the Brothers Were Valiant Externally the term "amidships" as to striking, boarding, &c., would be about the main-mast, or half the length of the ship. 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. Two masts—the mainmast stepped a long way aft; and two funnels amidships, pretty close together—yes; she is an X. and Z.; I’ll bet my hat on that. With Airship and Submarine A Tale of Adventure Some officers standing by observing that he was, as they thought, seated too far back, called out to him to shift his seat more amidships. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 We floated, but with the hold full of water, and four feet of it on deck amidships that surged from one rail to the other as the craft rolled, pouring over and coming back. The Grain Ship She was not, in the strictest sense of the word, a launch, for she possessed a square, open dining saloon and two tiny cabins amidships. The Keepers of the King's Peace The term, however, has a more general bearing to the axis of the ship; as guns, or stores, or place amidships has reference to that line, fore and aft. 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. Two others frantically loosened the lashings of the upturned boat lying amidships. Boy Scouts in the North Sea The Mystery of a Sub The "Brooklyn" quickly rounded to, and a quick puff of smoke from amidships told the crew of the flying vessel that the terrible pivot-gun of their enemy had sent a warning message after them. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 But the rush continued to the capstan bar rack amidships, and, armed with these handy clubs, they came back to batter in the companion. The Grain Ship Its occupant was sitting amidships, facing the bow. The Fire People Pieces of quartering nailed to the sides amidships, from the wale upwards; for the people ascending or descending the ship. 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. Accordingly the boy clambered from his position near the forward bulkhead to the compartment 201 amidships, where the pumps were located. Boy Scouts in the North Sea The Mystery of a Sub The guns in the port battery got the range on the 'Isla de Cuba,' and sent in a shot that struck in amidships and made her tremble from stem to stern. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 Here, Mr. Billings," he roared to the first mate amidships, "and Mr. Snelling! The Grain Ship "Up you go!" he cried, and Oscar fell into the saddle, the horn striking him amidships and momentarily checking a torrent of oaths. Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters The order to put it amidships, that is, in a line with the keel. 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. Bracing himself against a thwart amidships Jimmie waved the improvised distress signal. Boy Scouts in the North Sea The Mystery of a Sub Two huge wheel-houses towered amidships, on each of which was painted, in great, staring letters, "Deluded Rebels, cave in." The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 This accounted for the cessation of the work, and the absence of the sailors from “amidships.” The Boy Tar They were provided also with square sails pitched about amidships and were steered by a large paddle. A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. With jibs and fore-and-aft sails, the tack confines them amidships. 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. A harp and a violin were scraping lively airs amidships. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 The Atlantic and Gulf Coasts fairly swarmed with small pilot-boats, mounting one long gun amidships, and carrying crews of twenty to forty men. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 The pig-iron was mostly amidships, or at least forward of this compartment. A Chosen Few Short Stories But it remained the bottom of a shallow well in which floated with indifference the one-time master of the Judy, face downwards, and who presently stranded amidships. Old Junk That timber in the stern which is placed amidships. 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. Bobby passed out the wooden ducks two by two, and Mr. Kincaid stowed them carefully amidships. The Adventures of Bobby Orde The marines were drawn up in a line amidships; their erect, soldierly air and rigid alignment contrasting with the careless slouchiness of the sailors. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 Then they ran back amidships where the gang-plank was put out. The Young Alaskans Returning to the open space amidships, the party entered the forward room on the starboard side. Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim The middle-sized gondolas are upwards of 30 feet long and 4 broad, with a well furnished cabin amidships, though exclusively black as restricted by law. 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 pirates grouped amidships had been waiting for Ned Rackham's word from aft and they were muddled by this sudden shift of action. Blackbeard: Buccaneer The armament of these vessels generally consisted of six to ten carronades and one long pivot-gun, going by the pet name of "Long Tom," mounted amidships. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 “Caught him square amidships,” sung out Captain Zim from his station. The Young Alaskans The steamer amidships was filled up to her rail with coal, and the boy was thrown overboard by a sudden lurch while walking upon it. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland Put it from port to starboard, and vice versâ, or it may be amidships.—Starboard the helm. 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. Before replacing them, he had made two or three trips to the deck-house amidships in which was the carpenter's room. Blackbeard: Buccaneer They were not very seaworthy craft, the heavy guns mounted amidships causing them to careen far over in even a sailor's "capfull" of wind. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 He set it exactly amidships, and told me to prepare for the ascent. Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner In the bottom, amidships, is a mud hearth on which burns a fire, with sticks set up around it to dry. The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure The depth of a sail from head to foot amidships.—To drop anchor is simply to anchor:—underfoot, in calms, a kedge or stream is dropped to prevent drift. 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. Their glances sweep these forward, aft, and amidships—ranging from stem to stern, and back again. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea The York boat, pointed bow and stern, low amidships, and undecked, reminded Garth of the pictures he had seen of ancient Norse galleys. Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest She had two large guns mounted forward, and a number of rapid fire guns aft and amidships. A Voyage with Captain Dynamite Ventilators and deck-fittings were swept away, the funnels cut up, and the unarmoured part of the sides repeatedly pierced by shells that started several fires amidships. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima The tack may be to windward, or at the heel of the mast amidships. 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. Now and then a eighteen-pound shot hulled the Policy, and one went clean through her amidships. Foster's Letter Of Marque A Tale Of Old Sydney - 1901 To a white man's senses there was no sign of wind; nevertheless the oars were run in, the cargo shifted, and the heavy mast, with infinite labour, stepped amidships and guyed. Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest "Independencia," came the prompt reply, and in a second the dark form amidships tossed over a rope ladder. A Voyage with Captain Dynamite Then another shell started an armour plate on the water-line amidships, flooded the bunkers on the port side, and gave her a heavy list in that direction. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima He saw it strike amidships; he had a fleeting vision of a screaming, struggling boat load—of curses and shouts, and then he knew no more. Mufti The old sea wolf made the water boil, and strove desperately to strike his antagonist with his tail but the latter kept well amidships and literally cut him in pieces.” Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892 A gamecock struggles at his tether in the stern, while the deck amidships swarms with wiry brown men, with bristling pompadours and feet like rubber, with wide-spreading toes. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia Both of the guns were on the main deck amidships. The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 She was built of iron, with unarmoured ends and 4 ¼-inch iron plating on a backing of 18 inches of teak over 200 feet amidships of her total length of 380 feet. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima When he did, he foolishly made the loose part fast to the canoe seat amidships, and the canoe promptly capsized, and the fore end of the outrigger unshipped. The Call Of The South 1908 The first officer ran amidships, and the captain, who had remained there, sprang to the engine-room telegraph, and this time the lever was turned. The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility |
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