| 单词 | abeam |
| 例句 | England and the Kingdom, Britain and the Empire, the old prides and the old devotions, glide abeam, astern, sink down upon the horizon, pass - pass. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Nothing came back at us from the island, but our ship’s gunners still sprayed it with bursts of twenty-millimeter fire as we passed abeam. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z With the wind abeam on the port side the "Golden Hind" opened out to one hundred and forty miles an hour. The Airship "Golden Hind" 2012-04-21T02:00:26.983Z It was the signal for the flotilla to form in line abeam. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z She could have taken the blow of a colliding ship on bow, quarter or abeam and remained afloat, or even made her way to port. From the Archive, 1912: Wreck of the White Star Liner Titanic 2012-04-11T16:45:03.663Z When she was fairly abeam, the broadsides were fired with a rapidity and power that astounded the enemy. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z Coming up abeam he poured in his broadsides, and for two hours and a half, running free all the time, the two vessels kept up a close and heavy cannonade. The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:38.213Z The wind was not, as they had hoped, abeam, but a point or two ahead, and Marston lowered the centerboard, which jolted in its trunk when she plunged. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z This much was visible in the reflected glare of the distant search-lights as the Calder swept by with her guns trained abeam should the vessel still be capable of offence. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z We certainly were not more than three miles from the barren and irregular land abeam, which received the name of Point Terror. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z Before getting abeam of the lorcha we had the satisfaction to hear a boat pull away from her in pursuit of the now distant lantern. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z The wind was from the north-east all the time, right abeam, and therefore as favourable as it could be. The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad 2012-02-17T03:00:29.247Z The Arrow was still stealing through the water with the wind abeam. A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z Caught in the blinding glare, her crew could be seen hard at work endeavouring to turn a pair of torpedo-tubes abeam--a task of considerable difficulty owing to the "racer" being damaged. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z As the periscope appeared abeam, one of the Dunraven's torpedoes started in its direction; the watching gunners almost wept when it missed by a few inches. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z There is, however, no sea sport so exciting and exhilarating as sailing on a calm sea in a ndrua or thamakau with the wind abeam. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z We ran up abeam of Hythe without perceiving the object of our search, then tacked, stood across to the other side, and then retraced our course. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z This back lift required me to keep away farther out, and then we found the wind coming more abeam, and fresher at times. In the Yellow Sea 2011-12-26T03:00:10.083Z The weapon was loaded and trained abeam, the gun's crew being ordered to take cover, and thus give the destroyer the appearance of being incapable of defence. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z At the same moment the tempest came leaping and hissing along the white-crested waves, and struck the Rose abeam with such terrible force, that for one startling moment I doubted if she would right again. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z Instead of luffing up into the wind as in a cutter the steersman keeps away until the wind is abeam, the sheetman slacking the sheet simultaneously until the sail is flapping. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z But at length she relented, and reined in till he came abeam. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z The wind was now more abeam, but less in force, so that we should make a pleasant night of it. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z You can see that the skipper's put his helm over, so as to blow the smoke more abeam, for the people aft could hardly breathe. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z After that he set the jib and the sloop slid gently away with the wind abeam of her. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z By nightfall we had left the Isle of Wight behind us, and brought Swanage almost abeam. The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z By this means the scene of the actual struggle was passed and only the serried rearguard of the defenders was abeam. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z Through the darkness low trees loomed up ahead, and shortly afterward another clump abeam. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z Mrs. Hemingway asked, her face abeam, her eyes gleaming with joy. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z "It's a fair wind to the islands and she'd come up until it was abeam with the foresail set if it was necessary," he said. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z When wind is abeam, a pilot cutter can materially aid a sculler by bringing its bow close on his windward quarter, thereby sheltering his stern from the action of the wind. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z Slowly the two canoes were warped shore wards, guided by a pair of ropes abeam so as to insure the wrecked boat being deposited evenly on the cradle. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z The Miranda swung until the frothy confusion on the reef, where the swell broke in cascades of phosphorescent flame, bore abeam, and then a similar troubled patch grew plain on the opposite bow. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z The engines had by this time been repaired, but were not now needed, for the breeze, though abeam, was steady, and good progress was made. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z A startling cry was heard, “breakers on the starboard bow—breakers on the port bow—breakers ahead—breakers abeam.” Jack Buntline 2011-08-31T02:01:34.270Z They had a wind abeam, favouring the side which was manned by only three oars. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z They came abeam to turn up to us their shining faces, calling to us musically, then dropping behind again in silence. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z When they returned to the deck the island was abeam. In Strange Company A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas 2011-08-16T02:00:46.397Z High land soon became visible nearly abeam of the caravel, and all the elder mariners immediately pronounced it to be the rock of Lisbon. Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z Before another watch was set, “breakers ahead—breakers abeam!” was once more echoed along the decks. Jack Buntline 2011-08-31T02:01:34.270Z I went on deck about 6 a.m., in time to see my old pal, Sugarloaf, abeam. From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush 2011-06-08T02:00:16.290Z When her noise had ceased, and her lights imperceptibly enlarged as the current dropped her down abeam of us, a breath of her, a draught of air, passed our way. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z By tea-time the schooner had brought the island abeam, and before darkness fell we were anchored off a thickly-wooded promontory, to the right of which Juanita declared her former lord and master lay buried. In Strange Company A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas 2011-08-16T02:00:46.397Z The vessel was now slipping through the water with a fair wind and favouring tide, and already the low-lying island of Portsca lay abeam, and the Castle of Portchester was momentarily growing more distinct. The Winning of the Golden Spurs 2011-05-17T02:00:18.050Z By and by Harper brought the wind abeam, and she drove along at an angle to her previous course, with one side hove high, while the sea came in in cataracts over either bow. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z Her head swung slowly round, and the shaking canvas filled; she gathered way, and when her deck slanted the boulders were sliding past abeam. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z Gazing at the foliage as it unfolded, our pilot named the paranas, tributaries, and islands, when they drew abeam. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z The Pole Star swirled in the current and ran down the wind which was now abeam. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z We had come along quite unobserved until we were abeam of it, passing the smaller searchlights without much trouble. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z At barely twenty feet from the ground a sudden and furious gust of wind caught the seaplane fairly abeam. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z Coaching in Australia is done from the stern, or from another boat, or by an occasional view from the bank, sometimes from a launch seldom fast enough to keep up, or range abeam. Rowing 2011-01-15T03:00:32.313Z The sun rose in an unclouded sky, the next morning, with a gentle breeze from the south-west, or about abeam; our course being about south-east. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z The Pole Star crashed through light floe ice and sheered abeam of the Diomedes. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z When I come to a stop, we're abeam each other, about 3 feet apart. Tales from the road 2010-06-11T12:01:00Z As the sound of the engines died away, it seemed to start swelling again, as another machine appeared a mile abeam of them, and following the first. H.M.S. —— The great hummock, which constantly increased its distance from the vessel, also drifted very irregularly, so that it was at one time abeam, at another right ahead. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 With her tall lower masts, and large fore-and-aft sails, she was better on a wind, or with the wind abeam. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z The wind was shifting toward the west and abeam, and he knew that it would be nip and tuck if he were to gain the open waters of Baffin Bay. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z "Right abeam, and coming towards us," was the response after a moment's hesitation. Donalblane of Darien The cruiser heeled a little, and the smoke dots swung from abeam to nearly ahead as she turned, and he lost sight of them behind the shield of the next gun. H.M.S. —— Well, whether it was accident or intent, that is just what he did—broached abeam to port, about half a cable’s length off the sizzling tank of flaming kerosene. Sea-Hounds We will suppose that you have luffed around the first mark, and the next leg is a run with the wind aft of abeam. Harper's Round Table, September 3, 1895 Burr stood beside him without making reply; the searchlight, which had been pointed abeam, shot its glare forward, and Alan could see Burr's face in the dancing reflection of the flare. The Indian Drum Will you really!” cried Reggie, jumping to his feet and hurrying across to the piano, abeam with delight. The Daughters of a Genius The vessel drew nearer and nearer, till she was almost abeam. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance This brought on her bows seas that had been rolling up abeam, and we were up against the real thing at last. Sea-Hounds She neared it; she was abeam, and now it lay abaft her beam, but the land once more curved inward, and the cliffs seemed scarped down to the sea. The Ruined Cities of Zululand "Hold her there till you get that point of land abeam, then swing." The Battleship Boys' First Step Upward or, Winning Their Grades as Petty Officers At length we were abeam of this melancholy place, while the sun seemed to make a show of its white prison camp, at a distance of twelve or thirteen miles. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday Curtsying to full rudder pressure, we join the dance, and swing to her measure, adjusting speed to mark time while other important leaders of columns draw up abeam. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war The old Nairobi was nosing along under the port bow of the Lion as I came up, and so close that we saw her guns—trained out abeam with a high elevation, right above us. Sea-Hounds The full force of the torrent struck her abeam, and away she swept down-stream like a thing possessed. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 It burst from the funnel-like pass to their left, swept across the valley, and struck the travellers full abeam. The Frontiersman A Tale of the Yukon The night elapsed, we came abeam of the Isle of Wight, which showed but indistinctly, though the day was cold and steady. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday Our only peer, a large Leyland liner, has opened out abeam of us and the whirl of black smoke at his funnel-tip shows that he is prepared to make and keep the pace. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war The Old Man stood by the compass, bending, peering, smiling—nosing at the keen air—his quick eyes searching the mist—ahead—abeam—astern.... The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea In an hour and a half after passing the Eddystone she sighted the Lizard Light, and by the time she had brought it well abeam the first interruption of her voyage occurred. The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror But this fog is so blinding'— Even as he spoke, a vast whitish berg loomed abeam, immensely higher than the topmasts, in towers and spires snow-crested. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement Short seas running and a squally wind abeam made the light ship jerk and roll. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday It drops down to us; we sheer aside and slow a pace, and it lingers and dallies sportively abeam. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war The Oregon had drawn up abeam of her, and was about a mile away. The Boys of '98 "You'll have to haul down some sail, though," I replied, seeing that the Orchid lay nearly abeam of us. Wings of the Wind "We shall have Frederikstad abeam at ten tonight, if she goes as she's going, and we can lay off there until the morning," replied the pilot. A Danish Parsonage So we hurtled along, the wind flawing, abeam, ahead. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday Ahead and abeam, round and about, the destroyers wheel and turn, fan in graceful formation and swerve quickly on their patrolling courses. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war The wind, which had been astern, was now abeam and its force was acting on the high side of the boat. The Flying Stingaree We were heading s.s.w., and had a steady breeze abeam and a quiet sea. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Swanston Edition Vol. 6 (of 25) He left just one heavily shaded bronze lamp abeam. Officer 666 For a while he let the wind take her fair abeam, with sheets in, and the way she sizzled through the water was a caution. The Seiners As we steered westward after doubling the cape, both of these heavenly sentinels were seen abeam, the constellation on our port side, and the North Star on the starboard. Due South or Cuba Past and Present Then, as their canoes slipped through the dark waters, they were soon abeam of that majestic headland, Thunder Cape, 'the ag�d Cape of Storms.' The Red River Colony A Chronicle of the Beginnings of Manitoba The stranger’s face was abeam with smiling good nature. The Law-Breakers The Mayflower had been caught abeam by a huge breaker, and was being turned end over end. Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore And certainly there would have been no standing down by the lee rail on too many of them with that breeze abeam. The Seiners Then Henry, half-way down the page, began to grin: and his grin spread and spread until his whole face was abeam with joy. Rope Running free, or before the wind Wind abeam Port tack Wind abeam Starboard tack Pointing into the wind Port tack Pointing into the wind Starboard tack. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 For if ahead, he would have stopped; if abeam, stood for it. Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose If one of those water-mountains caught her abeam, it would all be over in a second. Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore I’m like a lot of other deep-draught craft of good model, George––I sail best with the wind abeam. The Seiners He turned to look at the incoming trawlers and saw the nearest one almost abeam of them a quarter mile out. Smugglers' Reef Did they attempt to make it, we could haul after them with the wind abeam, and overtake them before they had covered an eighth of the distance. Tales of the Fish Patrol The sheets were well flattened, the wind almost abeam, and there was no need to change the set of fore and main. A Man to His Mate She was virtually unmanageable between the impact of the gale from astern and the water catching at her keel from forward and abeam. Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore Jeremy looked away up the bay where he could still see the speck of white sail that showed his father hurrying landward on a long tack with the west wind abeam. The Black Buccaneer It had, therefore, become imperative for Holgate to devote his attention and the activities of his men to the danger that threatened, more particularly as the heavy wind had threshed itself into a gale abeam. Hurricane Island Martinique was abeam on the starboard hand—north. Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles Waiting till she was abeam and only some 2 to 3 miles distant I fired my pistol and also waved. The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force The gentle swell that had been roiling her slightly from abeam she now caught full under the bow, and she began to pitch, setting the foam aboil. Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore The two sloops were less than three hundred yards apart and the James had drawn nearly abeam when a third shot came from her rival's deck gun. The Black Buccaneer When he first heard the pursuer's boat, it was just abeam of the Isabel. Watch and Wait or The Young Fugitives His reply was: “They are square abeam, honourable Captain.” Under the Ensign of the Rising Sun A Story of the Russo-Japanese War Her flag she showed, and her guns she showed—three of them, black, abeam, And a funnel white with the crusted salt, but never a show of steam. The Seven Seas One man had even seen a huge green wave break over him, taking the boat abeam, though he could not swear the craft had foundered. Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore His eyes were fixed constantly on the sea ahead and abeam, while his thoughts, racing on, followed the pirate schooner close. The Black Buccaneer Weather fine; beautiful, easy sailing, with the wind abeam. Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas We were heading south-southwest, and had a steady breeze abeam and a quiet sea. Treasure Island A ship steaming with a strong wind or current abeam, will slide off to the leeward more or less. Lectures in Navigation The Tahiti passed close astern of the two cruisers, the Japanese Ibuki and the British Minotaur, and cheered their crews lustily as they came abeam. The Tale of a Trooper Handicapped by her torn mainsail, the Revenge was already falling abeam. The Black Buccaneer The 'Oregon' was abeam of the 'Colon' then, and the gallant Don gave it up. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 So I stepped the mast and set sail, to make sure, and ran homewards with the wind almost abeam. A Poor Man's House Hence, the ship is 6.3 miles from the light when directly abeam of it. Lectures in Navigation Wind abeam or quartering; more particularly a free or fair wind, and is used in contradistinction to a scant 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. The schooner swung to starboard, heeling sharply as she caught the wind abeam, and was in hot pursuit of her enemy before a full minute had passed. The Black Buccaneer Just as the 'Texas' got abeam of her she was shaken by a mighty explosion. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 Just as she was abeam Cochrane put the helm hard down, and we spun round to make a desperate attempt to run between the enemy. With Cochrane the Dauntless Now the same fact holds true in running from B, which is 4 points off the bow, to C, which is 8 points off the bow, or directly abeam. Lectures in Navigation An object—as a man overboard—is described by the look-out man at the mast-head as abeam, before, or abaft the beam, by so many points of the compass. 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 set Job to take soundings and, himself taking the tiller, swung her over to port with the wind abeam. The Black Buccaneer However, there’s a point one might get a bearing from abeam and I’ll try to fix our position. Brandon of the Engineers The Barang, for all her slowness, answered to the master touch on her helm and edged surely up for the deep water until the slop of the bar bore well abeam. Gold Out of Celebes Blunt she was of bow and stern, and her widest point was just abeam the foremast, so that she had great shoulders that buffeted the sea. All the Brothers Were Valiant To run abeam of a cape or object. 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 sloop, running swiftly with the wind abeam, had now drawn abreast of her unwieldy adversary. The Black Buccaneer He ordered the engine to be slowed, and they ran on until the belt of foam bore abeam. Brandon of the Engineers Then she became decidedly heavy and sluggish in her movements, which showed us that it would be hopeless to dream of shaping a course other than to leeward, or at best with the wind abeam. The First Mate The Story of a Strange Cruise It was but the work of a few minutes 226 to gain the landing, hoist sail, cast off and reach down the bay, the wind abeam. Radio Boys Loyalty Bill Brown Listens In When the bowlines are slackened, or sailing with the wind abeam. 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. Bonnet raced up abeam, firing broadsides as fast as his men could load, and his cannonade was answered in kind from the Henry. The Black Buccaneer It drew abeam, and we saw what it was, a derelict sailing ship, mastless and awash. Old Junk The brig was steering straight toward them, hauled to take the wind abeam, and she would be up before sunset. Blackbeard: Buccaneer Of course I meant abreast of the point, and when it lies just abeam, we shall be up with it. Little Bobtail or The Wreck of the Penobscot. A ship heeling to it with the wind abeam. 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. So they sailed; and one morning when the mist cleared, Mr. Curtis led both boys to the port rail to show them where the green head of Cape Henlopen stood, abeam. The Black Buccaneer We had a strong wind abeam, but our little steamer made good progress down the lake. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland Soon she has some of them abeam, with others on the bows. The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure Still they obey; and the prow of the boat strikes the barque abeam. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea She has perhaps a main-topsail or trysails, and comes up to within six points, and falls off to wind abeam, forging rather ahead, but should not altogether fall too much to leeward. 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. Ole kicked in the barn door on the first try, and demolished a corn-sheller on the second; but on the third he hit the pup squarely abeam and dropped a beautiful goal with him. At Good Old Siwash Unless they were actually running away, the other side would be sailing in line ahead with the wind abeam. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima The canoes abeam begin to fall astern, but those on the bows are forging dangerously near, while the savages in them, now on their feet, brandish spears and wind their slings above their heads. The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure Running past, he again closes in upon the land, and soon has the two-headed hill abeam, its singular silhouette conspicuous against the moonlit sky. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea He secured another life-buoy for himself; and, as he donned the cork ring, a hail came from abeam. The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility "The land is there," said Roka to Harvey, pointing to a dark shadow abeam of the boat, "and we could see it but for the rain-clouds which hide it from us." Tessa 1901 At length the leading English ship was abeam of the rearmost of De Grasse's fleet. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima The wind was fair abeam and the ship as steady as a church, and Proctor scarce glanced at the compass at all. Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories 1898 At dawn we saw them, about two miles abeam of us, pulling slowly in towards Pentecost. Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 A few minutes later the whistle voiced a location safely abeam. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 “Haul aft the sheet!” cried Green, and the boats sailed on with the sea abeam. The Three Commanders A moment after the ram was abeam of the "Congress," and fired her starboard battery of four guns into her at deadly close range. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima Just then a large covey was seen to rise abeam close to the ship. The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews. Ahead, abeam, on our quarter we looked, but nowhere could we discern the faintest trace of her. A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy Nobska's clarion call drew slowly abeam to port, and after due lapse of time West Chop's steam-whistle lifted its guiding voice in the mists ahead. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 The wind blew from the northward, and was thus abeam, and her course was about E.N.E. Owen Hartley; or, Ups and Downs A Tale of Land and Sea With the wind abeam and blowing hard, her tall sides and towering castles were like sails that could not be reefed, a resisting surface that complicated all manœuvres. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima Topsails, top-gallant-sails, and courses were set, and with the wind abeam, the ship went off to the north-west as comfortably as though no mutiny had distracted her routine. Down the Rhine Young America in Germany Ten minutes ago she was broad on our weather-bow, while now she is almost abeam. A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy She was abeam now, a mile away; how slow they were in running up an answer! The Relief of Mafeking How it Was Accomplished by Mahon's Flying Column; with an Account of Some Earlier Episodes in the Boer War of 1899-1900 Explanation was offered by the Texan, who argued that the wind had hauled, and being then abeam had given her a list to starboard. A List To Starboard 1909 Her periscope popped up about a mile abeam of us. The U-boat hunters So he checked in the yards a little and brought the wind more abeam. "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea And I fancy we shall see her a good deal more distinctly a few minutes hence, when we bring her more abeam. A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy But give me as much wind as I can show all plain sail to, and no farther for’ard than abeam, and I’ll undertake to land you all at Calcutta within sixty days from to-day.” The Castaways I want that starboard hook dropped the minute we get the red buoy abeam. The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story By then they could hear the high seas breaking on the rocks abeam. The U-boat hunters Before the Argyll was abeam the Moscow had ceased firing. "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea By the end of the first dog-watch the wind had increased to half a gale, the sea had drawn abeam, and the ship was rolling her lee hammock-rails under. A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy The two yachts went off abeam of each other, and for half a mile neither gained a hair upon the other. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder Now they appeared broad on the lee-bow—now they were right abeam—and at length many a bold seaman drew his breath more freely as they were seen over the quarter. The Heir of Kilfinnan A Tale of the Shore and Ocean To reach it we must bring the sea abeam and run a fearful risk of being rolled over or swamped. The Two Whalers Adventures in the Pacific You do spoil us!” she said cordially, and the girl left the room abeam with content. The Love Affairs of Pixie In wearing, if a sea strikes a ship abeam, there is a great risk of her bulwarks being stove in, and of everything being washed from her decks. A Voyage round the World A book for boys The constellations lay thinly abeam, you looked out upon the dark. The Burning Bridge The force of the rising gale strikes her full abeam, giving her a great list to shore. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 The helm was put down, and without a rag of canvas on her she came round; but when she brought the hurricane fair abeam, I thought it was all over with us. The Frozen Pirate At this moment the wind was nearly abeam, and the ship had eight knots way upon her. The Story of the Barbary Corsairs As we drew closer in and "sheered" the Chameleon, so as to bring the light abeam, I directed our signal officer to make the regular signal. The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner Grief watched the Willi-Waw haul up close, go out the passage, then slack its sheets as it headed south with the wind abeam. A Son Of The Sun He looked pale and weak, but there was fire in his eye and a smile on his lip as he glanced at the captured frigate sailing at a few cables’ length abeam. Paul Gerrard The Cabin Boy The breeze caught them when the three Spanish craft were nearly abeam. Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) In an instant the ship was felt to rise under our feet, and the roaring and rushing commenced with a deafening din alongside, abeam and astern, at one and the same instant. The Ocean and its Wonders “Is that the Cherub or the Andax abeam of us?” asked the captain. The Young Trawler Before we had brought the Needles abeam I had convinced myself that the boat was an excellent sailer, and when the first day's cruise was over I had no reason to repent having hired her. A Bid for Fortune or Dr. Nikola's Vendetta The ship came up on our quarter; then she got abeam of us. Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor Bob found some difficulty in keeping his dish before him, for the Antelope was lying well over, with a northerly wind abeam. Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) Gradually they appeared more and more abeam, while ahead rose up several lofty and rugged peaks. Twice Lost Before all the canvas could be reduced the hurricane struck her abeam. Roger Willoughby A Story of the Times of Benbow Although with one opponent abeam, and two others on her bows, and another on her quarter, pouring their shot in upon her, not a man flinched from his gun. True Blue We waited, anxiously watching the ship; but all differences of opinion were soon settled when she appeared abeam, fully as far off as the former one. Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor When I get abeam of it we shall take our bearings, and then shape our course across the bay. Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) It struck us abeam on the larboard side. Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman We had the wind abeam, and so had she—a soldier’s wind as it is called. Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler In a short time we also kept away with the wind almost abeam, a point on which the Foam sailed her best. Peter the Whaler She then ranged up abeam, while her consort placed herself on our larboard quarter, so that we could not luff up again without being raked by the other. Paddy Finn Her only safe course was to keep directly before it, for if she were to bring the seas abeam, they would to a certainty sweep over her and carry everything before them. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley When first seen, she was little more than a mile off, to the south-west of us, running in for the land with the wind, which was from the northward abeam. Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman It was done in an instant, and not a moment too soon, for we saw close abeam a coral reef not two feet under the surface. Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler Still we did not strike; the dreaded breakers appeared abeam. Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days Her head had moved so as to bring the swell abeam. The Cruise of the Dainty Rovings in the Pacific The studding-sails, however, were quickly taken in again, as the wind was too much abeam to enable them to be carried. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley Tom and Desmond agreed to have two masts with a bowsprit, so that they might be able to sail with the wind abeam. The Three Admirals We all looked in the direction he pointed, which was almost abeam, and there we saw a light, appearing, however, just above the horizon. Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler The water became calmer—the island grew more and more abeam. Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days The wind, as the night drew on, grew considerably lighter, and this gave a decided advantage to the speronara, which rapidly came up abeam. The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea The Thisbe was in her usual station to windward of the fleet and abeam of the leading vessel, and the fleet with flowing sheets was steering to the westward. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley He was not mistaken, for in little more than half an hour he sighted her, standing the same course as before, but rather more abeam. The Three Lieutenants We gave way as he told us, though for a moment I thought all was over as a sea struck the boat abeam and half swamped her. Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler There was another period of rushing, heavily listed, with the wind fair abeam. Priscilla's Spies Then, as they approached still nearer, and she was almost abeam, the crew were seen standing up, and watching them with eagerness. The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea The wind was abeam; and the frigate, which proved herself but a crank ship, heeled over till her hammock-nettings dipped in the seething, foaming waters, which bubbled and hissed up through the lee scuppers. Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War It required pretty careful steering to keep the wind right aft, for if I had brought it ever so little abeam the vessel would have gone clean over in a moment. The Three Lieutenants Another eight days, with the wind abeam, carried us into the neighbourhood of the island of Madeira. In the Eastern Seas Strikes me that the wind’s more abeam than when we started.” The Lost Middy Being the Secret of the Smugglers' Gap In the drawing-room the girls awaited Nan’s return with some anxiety, but, to their amazement, she came bounding upstairs two steps at a time, all abeam with complacent delight. Betty Trevor The sea was smooth, just broken with a slight ripple, which glittered brightly in the rays of the sun as the ship slipped quickly through it with a gentle breeze abeam. Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War “It’s well away on our lee bow, sir, and we’re passing it abeam now.” Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy It has got out of the set of the tide and has the wind well abeam, just the thing for that lugsail she carries.” The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land Indeed, had the gale happened to strike us square abeam, and with no way on the ship, I am convinced that she must have inevitably turned turtle with us. A Middy in Command A Tale of the Slave Squadron Jill’s book fell down with a crash, and she leapt to her feet, abeam with anticipation. Betty Trevor Unfortunately for us, the wind continued very nearly dead fair, or about three points on our starboard quarter, whereas the sloop seemed to do best with the wind abeam. The Congo Rovers A Story of the Slave Squadron The schooner, having the wind abeam, danced smartly over the waves toward the long lithe fin, gliding swiftly through the water. The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries Stand by!"—the port shutters dropped or were pulled up with a crash, a moment's hasty aim was taken at the brilliantly lighted ship full abeam.—" For Love of Country A Story of Land and Sea in the Days of the Revolution “I shall go on until we bring the sounds abeam of us,” I whispered back. A Middy in Command A Tale of the Slave Squadron You will keep away, as soon as Bunting shows the signal, and bring the wind abeam. The Two Admirals The Indians fell back and forth strode Father Holland, his face shining wet and abeam with pleasure. Lords of the North Terence had ceased rowing, for there was no fear that the lugger, which was now abeam of them, would give another thought to the small boat. Under Wellington's Command A Tale of the Peninsular War A range of low cliffs lay directly abeam of us, and, as the land rose to a ridge behind them, we had a distinct view of a fair expanse of nearly houseless fields. Recollections of Europe In a little while it was almost abeam of the craft towing the mysterious motor boat. Frank and Andy Afloat The Cave on the Island Parker had got abeam, and pressing nearer, he compelled la Victoire to haul her bowlines, bringing her completely between two fires. The Two Admirals The cruiser will have the Grand-p�re rock abeam within an hour, but, to make sure, two of you will climb the ridge and watch her movements. The Stowaway Girl Since the morning thundershower the Votaress had come ninety miles, yet the great Yazoo Delta was still ahead, abeam, astern, on the river's Mississippi side. Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi Engineer revolves the turret so as to point the gun abeam. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. But it didn't seem to strike Bob abeam. Flood Tide A commander-in-chief heading up with the bowlines dragged, and his second and third ahead—not to say fourth—running off with the wind abeam! The Two Admirals She struck it full abeam, like a motor-car smashing in the dark into an unlighted farm-waggon drawn across a country lane. Swirling Waters On an island close abeam thousands of young cottonwoods, a mantle of unbroken verdure, bent low, paled, reeled, darkened, and whipped. Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi At ten, Carysfort Light was abeam, and soon after a dark bank of clouds rising in the eastern sky betokened a change of wind and weather. Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War The schooner was sailing with the wind abeam. Ralph Granger's Fortunes The quarter-masters of the fleet were just striking six bells, or proclaiming that it was seven o'clock in the morning watch, as the Plantagenet and le Téméraire came abeam of each other. The Two Admirals By noon the islands were abeam, and the fresh trade-wind in the evening bore us out of sight of them before dark. Voyage of the Liberdade And I assure you there was no more loud talk in the cabin that day; only the long, low wash and pound and break of the seas abeam, with the surly wail that portends storm. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade Our pursuers were on the opposite tack and fast approaching; a reef intervened, and when abeam, distant about half a mile, they opened fire both with their small arms and boat-gun. Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War While sailing well when before the wind, they yet, with their defective rig and keelless bottoms, carrying no weather helm, made little headway with the wind close abeam. The Story of Isaac Brock Hero, Defender and Saviour of Upper Canada, 1812 The schooner flying the Mexican flag remained hove to abeam. Romance The wind was abeam and steady, and with all sail set the Osprey maintained a speed of nine knots an hour until Bermuda was in sight. The Queen's Cup That night, at 8:30P.M., the Houston to Miami DC- 7B had been "abeam" of New Orleans, out over the Gulf of Mexico. The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects The shift of position threw the wind directly abeam. The Meadow-Brook Girls by the Sea Or The Loss of The Lonesome Bar About three hundred yards away, abeam, steamed the "Hudson" at a nine-knot gait. The Submarine Boys and the Middies The Prize Detail at Annapolis Thus, the lighthouse bears north; the enemy bears abeam, or two points off the port bow. The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence "All hands stand by for boarding,— Now, close abeam and lash!" Carolina Chansons Legends of the Low Country We shall get the wind abeam, and ought to sail away from that great boat. A Sea Queen's Sailing Now at last I am at home— Wind abeam and flooding tide, And the offing white with foam, And an old friend by my side Glad the long, green waves to ride. The Golden Treasury of American Songs and Lyrics Tuesday, May 15th.—Cape de Gat was abeam early this morning. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months Now, see here, sport," he began—a favorite expression of his, "sport"—with his face abeam, "what's the use you and me quarreling? Twelve Men At this moment the Blankenberghe light buoy was abeam of the Vindictive and the enemy had presumably seen or heard the approaching forces. The Boy Allies with the Victorious Fleets Or, the Fall of the German Navy Thirlwell had missed the river mouth and meant to skirt the coast, but when he tried to do so the wind would be abeam and its power to heel the canoe largely increased. The Lure of the North South West Head was abeam then and Steve half-heartedly offered to run to shelter. The Adventure Club Afloat But now it was the fourth day out, and Hatteras was far astern, and the ship was plunging easily southward, with the white sandy shore of Florida abeam. Wide Courses This arrangement gave the steerage the benefit of all cinders and smoke, unless the wind was abeam or astern. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Now and then the land abeam would give forth response to the booming of our whistle. Sweetapple Cove As the stranger ranged up nearly abeam of us, distant about eight hundred yards, we discovered him to be a heavy steamer, under steam, and with all studding sails set on both sides. The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter In silence the Adventurer drew nearer and nearer to the latter, put it abeam and then swung to starboard. The Adventure Club Afloat "By this time," Cooper wrote, "I ranged up abeam,"—to find a pinching boot on his friend's foot. James Fenimore Cooper The wind bore more and more abeam, and under the pressure she heeled over, letting the great load on her decks roar off in a torrent to leeward, over the topgallant rail and waterways. Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate" An enormous wave came down abeam, and fell on the vessel's quarter. The Man Who Laughs Sunday, the 15th February, dawned dark and gloomy, the wind blowing nearly a whole gale from the north, and the Alabama dashing along, with the wind well abeam, under reefed topsails. The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter He was a very young man, and he was very keen on getting the chance of distinguishing himself; and here, on the warm, windless swells abeam, the chance seemed to sit beckoning him. A Master of Fortune Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle Just as the ships were fairly abeam, the voice of young Dumont was heard, shouting through a trumpet, for his men to fire. The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas The captain, however, promptly annihilated me by demanding categorically whether I had ever seen the spanker-boom jammed with the foretopsailyard, with the wind abeam. Tent Life in Siberia To port, only a few scattered gleams along the base of the cliff or atop it, showed that the sparsely settled Palisades were drawing abeam. The Flying Legion Before this air, however, she had moved to the westward about a couple of miles, until she had got the government-house nearly abeam. The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet As in a dream Deacon saw the Shelburne boat drift into view, saw the various oarsmen slide past until he and the rival stroke were rowing practically abeam. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 But the deviation from the straight course, and the passage of the eddies, had enabled the ship, which came steadily on, to range up nearly abeam of her chase. The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas Ah! but how their pulses beat When they saw the High Seas Fleet Nosing noiseless as a dream Barely half-a-mile abeam; Then the filmy mists anew Blotted everything from view. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 18, 1919 They passed along an oar's-length or two away; and as they came abeam, Carew, rising, doffed his hat, and bowed politely to them all. Master Skylark At this moment the Proserpine had the Point of Piane, and the little village of Abate, nearly abeam. The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet "I think I heard breakers abeam, sir, and I have hauled up to the southward." The Crater Again the ships approached each other, and once more they exchanged their streams of fire when abeam. The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas No longer pressed up against the wind, the ship, obedient to her helm, gracefully began to incline her head from the waves, and to bring the wind abeam. The Red Rover Agreeably to the rule of chasing, she should have tacked when directly abeam, unless she fancied she could eat us out of the wind by standing on. Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" As the sun set and darkness diffused itself over the Mediterranean, the lighter steering-sails were taken in and the Proserpine brought the wind abeam, standing south. The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet When all this was done the young man felt a good deal of relief, for the danger he had seen was ahead, and this change of course brought it nearly abeam. The Crater The brigantine was in stays.—In ten or fifteen minutes more, the vessel was again abeam of the raft, and to windward. The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas They sat silent until the camp lay abeam. Big Timber A Story of the Northwest We knew she did not tack when directly abeam, but we could not see whether she came round after us, or not. Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" By this time the yawl had the extremity of the land abeam, and it soon passed so far into the Bay as to bring most if not all the pursuers astern. The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet It came from to windward, too and abeam! The Crater Land now appeared on our weather-bow, and we shaped our course for it, having the wind abeam, and frequently changing the man at the helm, in order that every man might have his spell. The Uncommercial Traveller So now only a hundred-odd feet separated them, but they could come no nearer, for the canoe was abeam and slowly drifting past. Big Timber A Story of the Northwest As soon as the weather leeches touched, the helm was righted, and away we went with the wind abeam, with about as much breeze as we wanted for the sail we carried. Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" Did they attempt to make it, we could haul after them with the wind abeam, and overtake them before they had covered an eighth of the distance. Tales of the Fish Patrol The natives often went a long distance, in their canoes and on their rafts, with the wind abeam, but it was not often they undertook to go directly to windward. The Crater England and the Kingdom, Britain and the Empire, the old prides and the old devotions, glide abeam, astern, sink down upon the horizon, pass—pass. Tono Bungay The shore, when she looked, lay a mile and a half abeam. Big Timber A Story of the Northwest These twelve miles I managed to run by noon, when I hauled up sufficiently to bring the wind abeam, heading northwardly. Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" Her flag she showed, and her guns she showed — three of them, black, abeam, And a funnel white with the crusted salt, but never a show of steam. Verses 1889-1896 Those are the lights abeam of us: look. A Pair of Blue Eyes We set everything that would draw, and kept off two points, bringing the wind abeam so as to head her off. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue We were heading S.S.W. and had a steady breeze abeam and a quiet sea. Treasure Island This she soon did, making one stretch to the southward, until in a line with the boat, when she tacked, and came toward us, with her yards braced up, but having the wind nearly abeam. Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" On repairing to the deck, Captain Truck and his companions perceived the land less than a mile ahead of them, and the corvette about half that distance to the leeward, and nearly abeam. Homeward Bound or, the Chase About nine o'clock, the Pike got abeam of the Wolfe, Sir James Yeo's own ship, hoisted her ensign, and fired a few guns to try the range of her shot. Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast The first shot touched the water abeam of the chase and ricochetted ahead of her. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue As for the wind, it had shifted several points to the northwards; the brigantine had it abeam and was lying down to it and racing to port with slanting deck and singing cordage. The Black Bag With the sea abeam you must simply paddle straight ahead. The Forest Still, the sea struck her abeam, forcing her bodily to leeward, and heaving the lower yardarms into the ocean. Homeward Bound or, the Chase Half an hour later she grew into a frigate, but when she came abeam she showed three tiers of ports, being a ninety. Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast Captain Arms immediately set his course for the landfall, and in the course of a little more than an hour had it broad abeam. The Second Deluge Right abeam, at the distance of three or four cables' lengths, was seen the wake of a shark in the water, where the back of the monster was visible. Sanders' Union Fourth Reader The evening of January 9 showed us right abeam a splendid display of the Zodiacal Light, whose pyramid suggested the glow of a hemisphere on fire. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I A cross current had superseded the necessity of casting the vessel, but her sails took the light air nearly abeam; the captain understanding that motion was of much more importance just then than direction. Homeward Bound or, the Chase The Marquis rose and stepped forward, all abeam. Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes When the ship is thrown broadside to the sea, or comes up so as to bring the wind abeam, or even forward of the beam, as in lying-to, there is always risk from this source. Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale Away we went to the southward with the wind abeam, blowing a strong breeze from the westward. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale To the west lay the land, along which the Alacrity was urging her way industriously, with the double purpose of keeping her consort abeam, and of avoiding a dangerous proximity to their powerful enemy. The Pilot We followed at a smart jog, and just before we got the church abeam, out poured the whole congregation, horse and foot, parson and idlers, sinners and hypocrites, to see the four-horse power go past. Homeward Bound or, the Chase So we slid into Palma haven, and as we rounded the pier the light wind took us first abeam and then forward; then we let go and she swung up and was still. On Nothing and Kindred Subjects As the two vessels lay exactly abeam of each other, with square yards, it was not easy to judge of the sparring of the stranger, except by means of his masts. Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale At this moment, to my dismay, the object we were chasing shortened, gradually fell abeam of us, and finally disappeared. Tom Cringle's Log I was so near the shore that I hoped still to reach it, the wind being abeam, in the course of a few minutes. The Bushman — Life in a New Country Wet decks, and a round, stiff, morning breeze, blowing strongly across the deck, abeam, and gustily through the open portholes. While the Billy Boils "It will take about an hour at this clip to have the island abeam," said Riggs, after he had gone below and looked through the ports. The Devil's Admiral By this time the ship was on a wind, steering a good full, while the two proas were just abeam, and closing fast. Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale Next day it blows a clean, all but a bank of gray, very thin and still,—about the size of that cloud you see through the side window, Tom,—which lay just abeam of us. Men, Women, and Ghosts The wind was, of course, right abeam; the sea soon ran very high. At Last As the wind was now abeam, both vessels drove rapidly ahead; and in half an hour the northern point of the land they had so lately left came into view close aboard of them. The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers Then we'll make a quick run for it in near the point, if they don't show by the time we have the inlet on this side of the rocks abeam. The Devil's Admiral The latter made frequent gestures for me to turn the ship towards the coast, for by this time she had the wind abeam again, and was once more running in a straight line. Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale The land was still in sight both astern and abeam, but before him lay the boundless and tremendously infinite stretch of the ocean. Stolen Treasure They made all sail, and stood to the southward with the wind abeam, hoping to fall in with some survivors of the wreck. Sustained honor The Age of Liberty Established "Not exactly that at noon; though abeam, as it might be, mornings and evenings." The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers The light got brighter and gradually drew abeam. Lister's Great Adventure The intensest of the lava glow worked its way from directly abeam to the quarter. The Mystery Bowers taking altitudes of objects as they come abeam. The Voyages of Captain Scott : Retold from the Voyage of the Discovery and Scott's Last Expedition There was half a gale blowing on the 4th and though the wind was abeam, the sail was reefed and we moved quickly. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 With the wind abeam, they stood on the rest of the day, picking up a pilot. The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers He must go round and find a landing to lee, but to go round he must cross the belt of breaking water, with the savage wind abeam. Lister's Great Adventure Now they were running northwards with a fierce wind abeam of them, and the larger Spanish ship behind, but standing further out to sea to avoid the banks. Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch The ice was still badly congested, and we were pushing through narrow leads and occasional openings with the floes often close abeam on either side. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition The wind having increased and being abeam, the sledge was driven to leeward when on a smooth surface, and when amongst soft sastrugi, which occurred in patches, was capsized. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 But now their progress was more satisfactory, for they were crossing the bay, and the wind was abeam. Lost in the Fog At fifty degrees south latitude the Raven and the Sea Witch were abeam of each other with the Typhoon only two days astern. The Old Merchant Marine; A chronicle of American ships and sailors The men bent to their oars and made the boat fly Presently the coxswain caught sight of an object bobbing on the water abeam. Hard Cash Looking out abeam, we would see a hollow like a tunnel formed as the crest of a big wave toppled over on to the swelling body of water. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition The good ship answered, and her timbers groaned loudly, as though in woe, when the strain of the sea struck her abeam. Eric Brighteyes Lifting my head, I saw that the sea was risen considerably, and the boat drifting broadside to the wind, so that the waves, taking us abeam, spilled aboard us ever and anon. Black Bartlemy's Treasure In the course of half an hour she worked off till the wind was directly abeam. The Mutiny of the Elsinore The captain ran up the mizzen rigging, and scanned the raft, now nearly abeam. A Simpleton As it was we shipped several bad seas over the stern as well as abeam and over the bows, although we were ‘on a wind.’ South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition "Bound for home, and the harbor light broad abeam, I cal'late." Keziah Coffin It even grew a little more distant right abeam of the lighter, and then ceased again. Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard This brought the swells abeam, but so large were they in relation to the launch that she hardly rolled, but was raised and lowered bodily on an almost even keel. The Pit Prop Syndicate And he flung out an arm towards a point of light in the heavens straight abeam. Captain Blood The nation which is snugly moored on one of its coasts need fear nothing from the one anchored abeam, let it be ever so savage, unless it possesses the art of ship building. Pathfinder; or, the inland sea A swishing undulation tossed the boat on high followed by another and still another; and then the boat with the breeze abeam glided through still water, laying over at a steady angle. The Rescue A Romance of the Shallows We have just passed the Eddystone Lighthouse, with the wind abeam. The Black Robe Lo, now was he veiled: Over sea stood a swelled cloud-rack: The fishing-boat heavenward sailed, Bent abeam, with a whitened track, Surprised, fast hauling the net, As it flew: sea dashed, earth shook. Poems — Volume 2 Sometimes he hammered in the hold, Sometimes upon the mast, Sometimes abeam, sometimes abaft, Or at the bows he sang and laughed, And made all tight and fast. The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The wind being abeam, was what had saved the men crowded aft. South Sea Tales He stretched his arm straight out, pointing abeam for a time, then his arm fell slowly. The Rescue A Romance of the Shallows We were already under way, all sails set and drawing, and the sheets being slacked off for a wind abeam, as the last boat lifted clear of the water and swung in the tackles. The Sea Wolf When it was nearly abeam of the brig he gave his orders, and Wasub hurried off to the main deck. The Rescue A Romance of the Shallows “When running more freely, with the wind astern abeam, or on the quarter, it will be necessary for me to steer.” The Sea Wolf It was only next day, when Wainwright Island loomed to windward, close abeam, that Wolf Larsen opened his mouth in prophecy. 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