| 单词 | handspike |
| 例句 | First mate angry; said it was folly, and to yield to such foolish ideas would demoralise the men; said he would engage to keep them out of trouble with a handspike. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z In many places the guns had to leave the road, and to be hauled up difficulties with tackle and handspikes. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z A great deal of the earliest logging on the Sound was done exclusively by hand, the logs being thrown into the water by handspikes and towed to the mill on the tide by skiffs. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z He was spitted on a hickory sapling, twelve feet long, supported on crutches, and turned by handspikes. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z The mate, after desperately defending himself with his heavy handspike, and breaking the skulls of several assailants, received a fearful gash across the face, destroying both eyes. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z Better get a hatchet and handspikes, Cassidy," said Captain Dove, "and break the door in. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z My "handspike" was turned over, and with it dissipated the disgust with which I had carried it. Four Years A Scout and Spy 2012-02-23T03:00:37.640Z Then the heavy puncheon generally rolled back and bruised him, or the slipping handspike left its mark upon his skin. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z When the sentries were all silent, they manned the ship's boat and boarded the schooner, though the people on board attempted to keep them off with handspikes. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z Nay; the man, though short in stature, was as thin as a handspike. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z The other man said that he was, and Webster waved his handspike. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z For all that, Jardine was forced to use a handspike and Jimmy saw that to build a log-pile demanded strength and skill. Northwest! 2011-11-22T03:00:09.880Z Strips of bagging, handspikes, clots of oil, and dunnage wood, came thicker and thicker, and Jefferson raised his voice. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z Two or three of them took up handspikes, but I drew my pistols and things calmed down. The Lost Heir 2011-08-07T02:00:09.367Z "Fetch a handspike," he said; and Mauger crawled on deck and returned with it, and Brander pried open the irons he had filed apart. The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z Then he gave Frank a handspike that lay close by, and between them they prized up one end of a log so that he could slip a chain sling under it. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z Guy ropes were placed on each corner to guide it, in connection with a heavy handspike. The Mountains of Oregon 2011-07-17T02:00:38.297Z I leapt ashore, seized a handspike, got it under the end of the stick, and prised it up quite clear of him. A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado 2011-07-03T02:00:07.507Z Valbué's rejoinder was a blow with a handspike, which narrowly missed braining the seaman. Privateers and Privateering 2011-06-21T02:00:26.477Z Big as he was the suit he had on that day was too large, and hung on him like a purser's shirt on a handspike. 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 He next shouted to the oxen, who plodded forward straining at the yoke, while he and Frank slipped their handspikes under opposite ends of the log. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z A. It was mounted so that it could be altered in its position by the aid of handspikes; it could be swung by the use of handspikes. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z The handspike, or lever, I had was a pole of considerable length. A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado 2011-07-03T02:00:07.507Z Although they were littered with loose running-gear, handspikes, cutlasses, and muskets, at the sight his heart gave a great bound of joy. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z You must lay him out cold as a handspike. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z Indeed, for about half a minute it hung stationary, though Harry, who dared not draw out his handspike, shouted frantic encouragement to the straining beasts. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z They had to take two or three handspikes to round it about. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z And he laid hold of a handspike, and came up the companion, his eyes glaring, his teeth set, and a torrent of curses hissing through them, hot and horrible. Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z The grinding of a handspike on the deck broke the silence, as the Long Tom was slewed about to bear upon her. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z These suggestions so irritated Pate that he suddenly seized a handspike and dealt the albatross a blow, the lethal effects of which laid it a lifeless corpse at his feet. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z The latter held a big handspike with an arched iron hook hinged to it, and he invited Frank to assist him in rolling logs. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z All things in readiness, the men follow up with handspikes and long levers. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z He told her that whilst his friends were bearing home his body, the handspikes or poles on which they carried him had cut his back, and occasioned him great pain! Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry "All hands repel boarders," shouted the captain of the pirate craft, flourishing his handspike about his head. No Moss The Career of a Rolling Stone Even then we have dangers From meddlesome strangers, Who spy on our business and are not content To take a smooth answer, Except with a handspike ... Rewards and Fairies For the possession of this brandy terrific struggles took place, handspikes and planking being used for weapons. Adventures of Hans Sterk The South African Hunter and Pioneer At that period the pump windlass had not superseded the intermitting efforts of the old handspike. Toilers of the Sea He had caught up a handspike in one fist, a tiller rope with a slipping noose in the other, and thus equipped had jumped down into the gun-deck. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 The Crusoe men rushed forward in a body, two of them armed with handspikes, two more with the oars that belonged to the skiff, and Friday flourishing his favorite weapon, the boat-hook. No Moss The Career of a Rolling Stone He put a strong rope in for lacings, that he might pull the shoe tightly together, and, finally, he armed himself with a couple of handspikes. 'Round the yule-log: Christmas in Norway The sailors having hurried into the boats, the lieutenant seized a handspike, and knocking off the fastening of the hatchway, left it so that a very moderate amount of strength would force it up. Adventures of Hans Sterk The South African Hunter and Pioneer Then one threw down his axe and another his handspike and they all sneaked off toward the bow of the ship. My Service in the U.S. Colored Cavalry A Paper Read before the Ohio Commandery of the Loyal Legion, March 4, 1908 This feller handles it as if it was a handspike. Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) Thru The Stone River Campaign And In Winter Quarters At Murfreesboro But Tom continued to beat the rail with the handspike, now and then stopping to look at the yacht, which seemed to be rapidly falling behind. No Moss The Career of a Rolling Stone As good cider as ever I drank was made in a hollowed log fitted with a press-block and operated by a handspike. Our Southern Highlanders The captain, seizing another handspike, approached Hans, as though to decide by single combat the question whether or not he was to obtain freedom; at least such was for a moment Hans’ idea. Adventures of Hans Sterk The South African Hunter and Pioneer Pinching with handspikes, they got him out and carried aft, and joined us at the gear; and at last the sail was hauled up. The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea But his gang of teamsters wanted him and his handspike, so he went on. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement Friday went forward after a handspike, and Tom leaned his elbows on the rail and watched the approaching vessel. No Moss The Career of a Rolling Stone Often it meant to chop a fallen tree out of the road, and then, with handspikes, “man-power the log outen the way.” Our Southern Highlanders “Now, then,” said Nares, who had watched the breaking out of his signal with the old-maidish particularity of an American sailor, “out with those handspikes, and let’s see what water there is in the lagoon.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) Milo had picked up a handspike, and with it across his breast he bore back the scowling rascals, smiling the while himself with quiet contempt. The Pirate Woman That peculiar gentleman-like and military air, even shouldering a handspike, could not be mistaken. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement He looked suspiciously at Johnny, and stepped back and raised the handspike with which he had taken the precaution to arm himself before leaving the deck. No Moss The Career of a Rolling Stone Then, picking up a handspike, she led them out, and for an hour walked beside them, tapping them with a long pointed stick, while they dragged the big logs out of the swamp. The Greater Power But in the morning they lost all patience, rounding up the crew with handspikes, and all going off to the schooner with half of them in irons. Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas Milo gripped his handspike, waiting for a command that should send him like awful Fate into the thick of the murderous mob. The Pirate Woman He had been fashioning two saplings into strong handspikes, and now offered one each to the gentlemen. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement "Well, get a crew ready to man the skiff," said Tom, throwing down the handspike after hitting the rail one more blow harder than all the rest. No Moss The Career of a Rolling Stone She could hear the ringing of the hired man’s axe across the clearing, but there was a great deal for him to do, and, taking up the handspike again, she strained at it. The Greater Power "The first man who lays a finger on me—" he cried, seizing a handspike, which he flourished about his head. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras Six of the pirates were also found dead on her decks, their brains dashed out by the handspikes with which the seamen had defended themselves till shot down in detail. An Old Sailor's Yarns But that near ox has a trick of stickin' over stumps, an' I had obliged to cut a handspike to him. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement One moment he raised himself to his utmost height, then seizing a handspike which lay near, he felled Hawkhurst to the deck. The Pirate, and The Three Cutters There were four loggers at work in a redwood forest, one January afternoon, rolling a great log with peevies and handspikes out of a chaos of fallen trunks. The Greater Power While engaged in burning logs in his clearing, he was sitting upon a log, with a handspike lying across his lap. Chronicles of Border Warfare or, a History of the Settlement by the Whites, of North-Western Virginia, and of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the State Perhaps ye can see him from the deck, about a handspike clear of the sun”––pointing with the spy-glass as he spoke in the proper direction. 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 I was however discovered, and one of the natives attempted to get a blow at me with a handspike, which was prevented by them; when, after a few words, he hurried away. A Narrative of the Mutiny, on Board the Ship Globe, of Nantucket, in the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 1824 And the journal of a residence of two years on the Mulgrave Islands; with observations on the manners and customs of the inhabitants Get stretchers, my lads, and handspikes; they row six oars, and are three in the stern-sheets: they must be good men if they take us.' The Pirate, and The Three Cutters As they approached the level at the foot of the slope, the man who drove them ran back, and slipping his handspike under it, swung the butt of the log round an obstacle. The Greater Power If it comes to handspikes, you and I'd best watch our chance to clear out. The Black Buccaneer “Just put a couple of these handspikes in the lee scuppers—so! and hold her steady!” The Land of Thor As they rushed up on deck they were joined by the sailors with handspikes, and together they soon forced the soldiers to surrender. Bacon's Rebellion, 1676 Ah! there’s the sheets of the jib still stickin’ to the sail; and then there’s the handspike and our two oars. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea One or two of them had axes, and 281 the rest, running into the shanty, brought out saws and handspikes. The Greater Power Each of the thirty, as valiant heroes as ever trod a plank or fisted handspike, tried and failed—and tried again with a like unsatisfactory result. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 Let all be handed up in the turn of a handspike, and if I do not do ample justice to the whole, you are not the prettiest girl I have seen. A Sailor of King George The lashing must be well beaten with handspike or pick handle to tighten it up. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition Only some floating fragments; among which could be distinguished a cask or two, with a scattering of loose boards, oars, handspikes, and articles of apparel. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea Three or four minutes had slipped by before the rest scrambled upon the ledge with handspikes, and then it cost them a determined effort before they moved the redwood log an inch or two. The Greater Power Westward of the cemetery and below the town is a kind of vale or declivity planted with tamarisks and fig trees, and containing three wells provided with handspikes. The Caravan Route between Egypt and Syria He was a little, shrewd man, and knew a handspike from a capstan bar. A Sailor of King George He watched me as a cat watches a mouse, or I might have brought a handspike down on his head and ended his troubles and some of my own. The Grain Ship A crane was next erected over the cavity,—a handspike forming one support and an oar the other. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea Once or twice the handspike or peevie had been torn from his grasp, and the lives of his comrades had been placed in peril. The Greater Power Take in every man you can save but handspike is the word for the first who shows fight! The Light of Scarthey Knobs of iron on the cheeks of a gun-carriage to keep the handspike from slipping when prising up the breech. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. There wasn't a gun among us, and to go down and face those beasts with handspikes was out of the question. The Grain Ship This, and the flesh of a small shark, which they had succeeded in luring alongside, and killing with the blow of a handspike, had been their only provision since parting with the Pandora. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea For the next half-hour he exerted himself savagely, and when at last he dropped the handspike, his face was damp with perspiration. The Greater Power I had a handspike in my hand with which I had been helping to roll the kegs. The Light of Scarthey To alter its direction from right to left, or vice versâ, with handspikes, tackles, &c. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. He went for me, but had to stop before the handspikes of the crowd. The Grain Ship A few only were provided with oars; others wielded handspikes, capstan-bars, or pieces of split plank,—in short, anything that would assist in the “pulling,” if only to the value of a pound. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea The moment he was free from the group that was attacking him, he rushed forward, sweeping the natives over with his handspike like ninepins. With Cochrane the Dauntless Gordon, if you want to harden up, take a handspike and have a turn at the capstan. Gold Out of Celebes The knob of metal which terminates the breech end of most guns, and which affords a convenient bearing for the application of handspikes, breechings, &c. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. One 197 among them held the handspike with which he had struck down Morrell; and Mark smote this man in the body, and when he doubled, wrenched the great club from his hands. All the Brothers Were Valiant At his feet, lying among the creases of the canvas, are a handspike, a pair of boat oars, and an axe. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea The first mate was fighting like a demon; he had caught up a handspike, and, being a very powerful man, kept off his assailants fairly till we cut our way through and joined him. With Cochrane the Dauntless They went to the deck together and the handspike spun out of Jack's grasp. Blackbeard: Buccaneer Is shorter and flatter than the ordinary handspike, and is shod with iron at the point, so that it bites with greater certainty against the trucks of guns. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. It seemed to drag at him; he bent slowly beneath its weight, and drooped, and lay at last across the body of the man whose skull the handspike had crushed. All the Brothers Were Valiant Ben and the boy had dropped their hooks and lines,—the former instinctively arming himself with the axe, while the latter seized upon the spare handspike. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea They succeed; but not without difficulty, and a free handling of handspikes—almost braining the apes before they consent to relinquish it. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea The bulwark was then chopped away so that the largest raft could be shoved into the water by means of tackles, rollers and handspikes. Blackbeard: Buccaneer "Like a purser's shirt on a handspike;" a comparison for clothes fitting loosely. 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 great handspike whistled through the air, and down. All the Brothers Were Valiant He whipped the handspike out of my hands, and he’s craunched it to fragments. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea Quietly arming themselves with axes, with iron belaying pins, with handspikes, with anything heavy and deadly they could lay their hands upon, they waited for the signal to begin the attack. The Adventure Of Elizabeth Morey, of New York 1901 The sailors also expected no quarter but they sullenly crouched at the gun-carriages, gripping the handspikes and blowing the matches while they waited for the word. Blackbeard: Buccaneer A provincialism for handspike; a corrupt form of lever. 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. Did you ever get the big end of a handspike jammed into your face by a big man, sir? The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility They groped about and found a handspike which had been chucked down below. The Three Midshipmen Even aboard the famous Black Ball Line of Yankee transatlantic packets in the forties there was plenty of 'handspike hash' and 'belaying-pin soup' for shirkers or mutineers. All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways It was no easy matter to do so, and we had to cut some stout sticks for handspikes before we could manage to get it into the water. In the Wilds of Florida A Tale of Warfare and Hunting Roger worked his way to the rack indicated by the man, and fortunately found the handspikes at once. Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess Descending to the steerage, he removed the handspike with which the cabin door was fastened. Down the Rhine Young America in Germany The American sailors above them fired volleys into their faces, and beat them back with handspikes. Strange Stories from History for Young People The officers were game to the death and never hesitated to use handspikes, fists, or firearms whenever the occasion required it. All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways They only kept out of reach of the oars and handspikes, but still followed on. Ran Away to Sea “There are a couple of handspikes in the rack close to you; if you can find these, they will do,” replied the wounded seaman. Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess Herman was to fasten the door leading from the cabin to the steerage with a handspike. Down the Rhine Young America in Germany He had an axe in his belt, and with it he cut down a young sapling for a handspike, but when he tried it he found that he could not lift the heavy trunk. Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading Ran foul of the big end of a handspike," answered Captain Benson, quietly; "he'll carry his arm in splints all the way home, I think. "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea Some were provided with oars, others had only handspikes, and still others assisted in paddling with pieces of board that had been obtained from old coops, or the bulwarks broken by the falling mast. Ran Away to Sea Harry looked round for some instrument with which to force the door, and his eye fell upon a handspike, probably dropped by some flying foe. Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess Then Richmond and Merrick dropped their handspikes overboard, through an open port, when the order was given to restore these articles to their proper places. Down the Rhine Young America in Germany It was done in this manner: the largest tree in a group was felled first, and all round were made to fall across it, others were put above it with handspikes. Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading He seized a handspike, and I thought he was about to dash out my brains on the spot. Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication I saw the foremost swimmers struck upon the head, or pushed away by violent “jabbing” from the oars and handspikes. Ran Away to Sea And I am bigger than the little officer who was fighting near you when the French sailor struck you down with the handspike.” The Pirate Slaver A Story of the West African Coast The action was fought at such close quarters that the men used their handspikes, and two of the officers were killed by a discharge from Captain Gilchrist’s own blunderbuss. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 Sam Baker seized a heavy ash handspike about five feet long, and was on his way to meet his comrade before the others had gained the ice. Fast in the Ice Adventures in the Polar Regions “One of ’em hit me with a handspike.” In the King's Name The Cruise of the "Kestrel" There were several other pieces of timber, a handspike or two, and an oar—which Brace had picked up as he glided towards the head—and over all was a piece of sail-cloth, or tarpaulin. Ran Away to Sea “Hist! what sort o’ brute’s that?” he exclaimed, seizing a handspike that chanced to be near him and hurling it at the head of the brute. Gascoyne, the Sandal-Wood Trader “Yes, dat we will,” echoed Bambo, flourishing a heavy handspike over his head, with a vehemence which showed that age had not impaired his vigour. Tales of the Sea And of our Jack Tars The blow broke the handspike in two, and the fool-hardy seaman would soon have paid for his rashness with his life had not friendly and steady hands been near. Fast in the Ice Adventures in the Polar Regions I want to have a go at that chap as fetched me a crack with a handspike, and I shan’t feel happy till I have; so now then, my lads.” In the King's Name The Cruise of the "Kestrel" To-night, however, a mast was raised—or rather, a pair of them—consisting of oars and handspikes spliced together—and between the two the canvas was extended, without yard, gaff, or boom. Ran Away to Sea The document looked as though it had been written with a handspike, or as though the words had been ploughed in, and a furrow of sand left to form the letters. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder Letting go the bowl, I frantically clutched a handspike sticking in the windlass, the nearest object to me. The Two Whalers Adventures in the Pacific I succeeded, however, in so doing at last, by means of a long piece of wood, which served me as a handspike. A Voyage round the World A book for boys Four of the hands were disabled by clubs, while the rest defended themselves and the wounded as well as they could with handspikes, or whatever could suddenly be clutched. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver There was a sail that could be rigged, by means of oars and handspikes, and spread out so as to be visible from afar. Ran Away to Sea There was a handspike lying near and he seized it. "Run To Seed" 1891 The fierce water surrounded me, the handspike unshipped, and, still grasping it, I felt myself borne away into the seething, hissing ocean. The Two Whalers Adventures in the Pacific "The first who touches me——" he said, brandishing a handspike. The English at the North Pole Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras I implored the brute to desist, but my interference seemed to augment his choler to such a degree, that he seized a handspike to knock the stripling down. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver Some already swam so close to the raft, that they were within reach of a blow from the handspikes, but not any one attempted to touch them. Ran Away to Sea You can't lam this crew over the head with no handspike. Fair Harbor There was a port which I tried to open, but found it so hard frozen I should need a handspike to start it. The Frozen Pirate And they made haste aft, where the crew, armed with poles, bars of iron, and handspikes, were getting ready to repulse the formidable enemy. The English at the North Pole Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras I've wrote everything down with the time it happened," continued the other in a voice of savage satisfaction; "an' I've locked that handspike up in my locker. Sea Urchins A move was made towards him, but he backed, and picking up a handspike swung it round his head. Light Freights Got the handspike ready to my fist, Doctor. Fair Harbor The main hatch was just forward of the gun-room bulkhead; we seized a handspike apiece and went to work to prize the cover open. The Frozen Pirate He was felled with a handspike as he did so; the crew then rushed into the cabin and the captain was overpowered and bound. The Madman and the Pirate Within the circle of red light, they could see the raft and the boats floating close to it; the men in cork-jackets toiling in the water and on floating spars, with ropes, handspikes, and axes. The Lifeboat A handspike was, after some hours’ labour, converted into a handle with one side cut flat. The Island Queen He used to say, when asked to tell a story, that he “might as well try to play the fiddle with a handspike.” The Red Eric The skipper was standing by the companion-hatch at the moment with a handspike in his grasp. The Young Trawler “I say, Mivins,” cried Tom Green, the carpenter’s mate, “if you were asked to say: ‘Hold on hard to this handspike here, my hearties,’ how would ye go about it?” The World of Ice On returning, he found Master Trench occupying his place, and Paul Burns standing beside him with a handspike in his grasp. The Crew of the Water Wagtail Instead of obeying, the captain raised the heavy handspike, and the man pulled the trigger. Shifting Winds A Tough Yarn Well, if they want to hang me, they need not rig the yard-arm, three handspikes as sheers, and I shouldn’t find soundings, heh! Snarley-yow or The Dog Fiend A deep-toned curse issued from his lips when the fish went down, and he dashed the handspike to the deck with fearful violence. The Young Trawler See where you can put your hand upon a crow bar or handspike, in case you want it; but don’t touch it. Poor Jack It may be that the peculiar way in which Paul Burns eyed him and toyed with the handspike had some effect on him. The Crew of the Water Wagtail At the same instant Gaff struck up the muzzle with his hand; the ball passed over the captain’s head, and the handspike descended on the seaman’s crown felling him at once. Shifting Winds A Tough Yarn Jackson awoke, as from a deep sleep, and then stared at Newton, who, as a precaution held the handspike in his hand. Newton Forster The Merchant Service At that moment Mr Randolph, followed by Andrews and the other men, sprang on deck, and seeing the state of affairs, each of them grasping a handspike, they ran towards the Frenchmen. Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor Put a handspike by me, and, if necessary, I will leave the helm for a minute, and help you: it’s better that she should go on shore than they should master us. Poor Jack Away we all ran armed with handspikes towards the shore. My First Voyage to Southern Seas He saw at once what they meant to do, and, springing back, seized a handspike. Shifting Winds A Tough Yarn Jackson, who recollected the scene of the previous night, and perceived Newton standing over him with the handspike, appeared wholly unnerved. Newton Forster The Merchant Service Get a handspike or anything you can lay hold of, and keep guard over the fore-hatchway, and see that neither the blacks nor any of the Frenchmen go down there.” Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor On they came, armed with handspikes, belaying pins, boat stretchers, knives and axes, the only weapons they could procure, with threatening gestures, well able, it seemed, to overwhelm us. The Boy who sailed with Blake One of them seized a flapper, while the other insinuated his handspike under the animal, and by a sudden jerk turned her over. My First Voyage to Southern Seas Desperate fellows as they were, the pirates might suddenly rise, and with handspikes, or any weapons they could get hold of, attack them. Roger Willoughby A Story of the Times of Benbow The handspikes were in their places, and, except a slight moisture round the holes, we could not discover that any water was getting in. Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler “Send the posse comitatus about their business,” answered Captain Dunck, flourishing a handspike. Voyages and Travels of Count Funnibos and Baron Stilkin I crept back for the handspike, and tried to move some of the bales, but all my efforts were unavailing. Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures They had armed themselves with billets of wood and handspikes; and some had got hold of knives and axes, which they had secreted. From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure Scarcely had I ceased speaking before some thundering blows were inflicted on the door by handspikes. The Golden Grasshopper A story of the days of Sir Thomas Gresham The handspike which secured the chief leak had worked out of its place, and the blankets and boards were forced inwards. Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler “What’s the mat—” He did not finish, for as the midshipman turned Syd caught sight of the gun and ropes, with some handspikes which had evidently been used as levers. Syd Belton The Boy who would not go to Sea I redoubled my efforts, and getting in the handspike worked away till the door yielded still more. Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures One of us gives him a crack on the head with a handspike, and the other cuts open his side with a big knife and drags out his great liver; then we use the pipe.” Steve Young Some had sledge-hammers in their hands, others axes, and others bludgeons; while ladders, handspikes, and ropes and blocks were brought into the church. The Golden Grasshopper A story of the days of Sir Thomas Gresham Having done all we could to secure the handspikes, we crawled rather than walked to the cabin. Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler There was nothing white handy but blocks of coral, and Rogers solved the difficulty by selecting a hat and taking a handspike. Syd Belton The Boy who would not go to Sea By working the handspike lower and lower down I by degrees tore away the door, or as I may more properly say the panel, as there were no hinges that I could discover. Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures “Who the mother’s son are you?” a gruff voice exclaimed; and, looking round, I saw the skipper of the brig advancing from aft, brandishing a handspike. On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story “Cheerily, men! heave with a will!” urged the second-mate; and the brawny fellows bent all their strength to the handspikes, heaving them down with sheer brute force. Teddy The Story of a Little Pickle Not until he had had several blows on the head with a handspike did he drop dead. Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler “Stand by there!” shouted ‘old Hankey Pankey’ to Adams, who had our return signal rocket all ready, slung on to a handspike for a stick. Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy I then, carrying the handspike with me, went to the bulkhead at the other end of my prison, and endeavoured by repeated blows to knock in a plank. Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures They accordingly remonstrated so forcibly with him on the subject that he promised to let us both alone for the future, at least so far as the handspike was concerned. On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story “Muster all the crowbars and handspikes you can, lads,” said he, “and take them over to the battery; there has been an accident, I fear.” The Pirate Island A Story of the South Pacific By pressing the board against the blankets, and jamming the handspike down between it and the outer corner of the bunk, the gush of water was stopped. Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler So, after considerable cogitation, poor Captain Lefevre—whose brains I understand you were unkind enough to beat out with a handspike—hit upon a plan which he thought might succeed. The Log of a Privateersman Armed with the handspike, I entered the crate. Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures In his passion, the skipper knocked me down with his favourite handspike, giving me a cut across my temple, the scar of which I’ll carry to my grave. On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story He used to wield a handspike at logging bees in Huron County, Ont. The Masques of Ottawa The sailors also drew their knives or caught up belaying-pins or handspikes, and laid about them with the energy of despair, but to no avail. South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure I felt the ball graze my scalp, but at the same instant my handspike descended upon the unhappy man’s head. The Log of a Privateersman The operation must inevitably be a long one, so instead of cutting on I took the handspike, and dealt several blows as hard as I could strike. Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures Dearer than life itself to the cannoneer is the gun he serves, and these brave men fought hand to hand with handspikes, rammers, staves, and even stones. Chancellorsville and Gettysburg Campaigns of the Civil War - VI For training the field gun, the crew used a special handspike quite different from the garrison handspike. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America Close to each end of the windlass are two holes, so adjusted that handspikes can be fitted into them. The Ten Books on Architecture After much exertion the boys managed to manufacture something like a handspike from one of the broken saplings, and with this they began prying at the heavy rock. The Call of the Beaver Patrol or, A Break in the Glacier My senses were for a few moments confused, and for some time I searched in vain for the handspike. Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures Into these three-masters, these Leviathans of Lake Ontario, the timber, boards, staves, handspikes, &c., from the interior are now shipped, and the timber carried to the head of the St. Lawrence navigation. Canada and the Canadians Volume I The command In battery was the signal for the cannoneers to man the handspikes again, Nos. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America The windlass is now to be turned by means of the handspikes, and it will raise the machine of itself without danger. The Ten Books on Architecture Better do the killing with a handspike," advised Sandy, "for we haven't any ammunition to throw away. The Call of the Beaver Patrol or, A Break in the Glacier I got up, feeling resolute and bold, taking my knife and my handspike with me. Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures Each is as large as a handspike, and it requires no little strength to sustain the exertion of working them. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City This carriage, designed on the "new method," employed a handscrew instead of a wedge for elevating the piece, a—The handspike was inserted through eyebolts in the trail, b—The ammunition locker held the cartridges. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America Some are worked by handspikes and windlasses, some by blocks and pulleys, others by capstans, others again by means of drums. The Ten Books on Architecture Notwithstanding the doctor's predictions, the boys worked at the rock with their home-made handspikes for an hour before it broke loose and rattled down upon the shelf just above the fire. The Call of the Beaver Patrol or, A Break in the Glacier I therefore carried them down to my sleeping-place, where I had left the handspike, and there soon broke in the head of the cask. Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures The guns were elevated or depressed by means of handspikes and quoins. On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. On each side of the gun are three handspikes, leaning against the parapet. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America So, in the same manner, they are passed through to the other side, and stretched taut on the windlasses by means of the handspikes until they give the same sound. The Ten Books on Architecture "If roller handspike is not used in training." Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. A few blows with the handspike shattered the top, and eagerly plunging in my hand, to my intense satisfaction I drew forth a captain’s biscuit. Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures He stood on the taff-rail with a revolver in hand, his two mates with muskets, the cook with a huge tormentor, and the crew with handspikes. Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War His six crewmen took their positions about a yard apart, three men on each side of the gun, with handspikes ready. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America They continued to heave over with the handspikes for some time longer. A Victorious Union The use of the roller handspike somewhat facilitates extreme train, but the gun cannot be fired until it is unshipped, which alters the elevation and consumes time. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. Holding a handspike in one hand, and in the other a tiller rope with the slip-noose in it, he had jumped through the hatchway to the deck below. Great Sea Stories "Th' great joy comes only once; an' when it cam' t' me, A put a handspike thro' it, an' kept it." The Freebooters of the Wilderness Suddenly many heavy blows struck with a handspike on the deck above boomed like discharges of small cannon through the forecastle. The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" A Tale Of The Forecastle They were clearing the ropes, collecting the lamps, picking up knives, handspikes, crowbars, swabbing the decks with squashy flaps. Romance Meanwhile 9, 10 take up handspikes, and place themselves at rear of bracket conveniently to heave forward or aft. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. I returned; and before the words were cold I saw a French sentinel pacing as straight as a handspike in uniform, and as mutely savage as a scare-crow in a corn-field. The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth One of the favourite pranks of the sailors was to place him near the break of the forecastle, with a handspike, taken from the bow-chaser gun, in his paws. The Lieutenant and Commander Being Autobigraphical Sketches of His Own Career, from Fragments of Voyages and Travels In the gray of the morning, we heard the handspike rattle on the hatch, and we tumbled up one after the other. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 426 Volume 17, New Series, February 28, 1852 Athwart these prongs they lash another staff, like a handspike, about eight feet long, horizontally, seven or eight feet from the ground. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 With a gun's crew of ten men, all the numbers continue with the same stations and duties excepting No. 10, who becomes Train-Tackleman, and the 2d Captain handles the handspike. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. The tompions was taken out; the sponge, rammer, crows and handspikes placed in readiness, and all awaited eagerly the word for the action to begin. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Jean's enormous corporation being then elevated, by means of capstan bars and handspikes, was brought on a level with the port-sill. The Lieutenant and Commander Being Autobigraphical Sketches of His Own Career, from Fragments of Voyages and Travels When he had been keened in the street, there being no hoarse, the coffin was placed upon two handspikes, which were fixed across, but parallel to each other under it. The Station; The Party Fight And Funeral; The Lough Derg Pilgrim Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three The crew don't know the mainmast from a handspike. Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat The most important are the management of the rammer and sponge in loading and the handspikes in pointing. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. "Hist! what sort o' brute's that!" he exclaimed, seizing a handspike that chanced to be near him and hurling it at the head of the brute. Gascoyne, The Sandal-Wood Trader A Tale of the Pacific The men fixed by the slew-ropes to the cylinder, represent the handspikes or bars by which the windlass is turned round, and the hawser takes the place of the cable. The Lieutenant and Commander Being Autobigraphical Sketches of His Own Career, from Fragments of Voyages and Travels Even the peaceable Ephraim took up the handspike, and used it too, with "friend, keep thee in thy own ship." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 Aboard almost any ship, you would have got a knock on the head with a handspike before this time. Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat It is perhaps preferable to use one handspike under the bracket, manned by two men, and the other to lift and slue the gun, manned by one man, under the transom. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. I remember at one time the cook, the carpenter, the second assistant-surgeon, and an able seaman contended with handspikes for the honor of betraying my confidence. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales After first correcting him sharply for nothing, he coolly felled him to the deck with a handspike, and left him lying there unable to move. The Pilot and his Wife The "friend" was hyprocrisy—the use of the handspike, natural; the very elements are at war, and were made to be so—storms are as necessary as sunshine. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 Next morning Dennis picked out ash-trees and hickories small enough to make handspikes and skids and the rearing of the shanty began. The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825 If the carriage is fitted with a quoin, handspikemen standing between the handspikes and the side of the ship, place their handspikes on the steps of the carriage and raise the breech. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. It was a rude handspike and hardly equal to the work, for when she threw her weight upon the free end it bent and crackled. A Daughter of the Snows Blows with handspikes were of common occurrence, and brutality and violence generally were the order of the day. The Pilot and his Wife All hands were therefore set to work with handspikes, capstan-bars, and axes, it being necessary to detach every separate mass, however small, before the larger ones could be moved. Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 2 See where you can put your hand upon a crowbar or handspike, in case you want it; but don't touch it. Poor Jack Then each Handspikeman will lay his handspike on deck, on his own side of the gun, parallel with its axis, clear of the trucks and butt to the rear. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. George, with a bound, gained the wall, where, back against the stonework, he stood ready with the handspike and the clubbed musket. With Marlborough to Malplaquet A Story of the Reign of Queen Anne The Irishman seized a heavy iron pump-handle as a weapon, and Salvé a handspike; and Salvé kept his word. The Pilot and his Wife A small portion of ice being broken off now and then by bars, handspikes, and ice-chisels, floated, to the surface, and was hooked out by piecemeal. Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 1 Put a handspike by me, and, if necessary, I will leave the helm for a minute, and help you: it's better that she should go on shore than they should master us. Poor Jack Two on each side of the bed against the cheeks, leaning upon the manoeuvring-bolts, the ends towards the vessel's sides, and those of the front handspikes even with the front of the cheeks. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. George carried a handspike, a weapon he had brought along from the collier vessel. With Marlborough to Malplaquet A Story of the Reign of Queen Anne It consists simply of a number of half-hitches taken at intervals around the object and is sometimes used with a lever or handspike, as shown in Fig. Knots, Splices and Rope Work A Practical Treatise Another time he scoots after the cook—chased him with a handspike in his hand right up the rigging to the cross-trees. The Firm of Girdlestone Here the narrator was interrupted by the thumping of a handspike on the deck above. Poor Jack No. 6 unbolts trail-wheel, and ships handspike in its socket of trail. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. So he hitched them to the back of the sled, and, with a handspike, pried it to the edge of the bank, and started it down. Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler If it comes to handspikes, two can play at that game. Newton Forster I've put a handspike where I can find it in a moment. Frank on a Gun-Boat Well, if they want to hang me, they need not rig the yard-arm, three handspikes as sheers, and I shouldn't find soundings, heh! Snarleyyow Guns on covered decks may also be dismounted by means of a muzzle-lashing, the runner and the train-tackles, assisted by the handspikes. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. You'll call me 'sir' when you speak, and you'll take orders civilly and carry them out quick, or, by James! you'll find your teeth rammed down your throat in two twinkles of a handspike. A Master of Fortune Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle Jackson awoke, as if from a deep sleep, and then stared at Newton, who, as a precaution, held the handspike in his hand. Newton Forster Three, I said, were in the cabin, and seven upon deck, who with handspikes and the arms seized, secured the ship's crew. The Pirates Own Book Here is a broken wheel of a gun-carriage, an exploded caisson, a handspike, and some of the accoutrements of the men. Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field Southern Adventure in Time of War. Life with the Union Armies, and Residence on a Louisiana Plantation At word "Right" or "Left," 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 15, or 4, 6, 8, 12, 14, 16 haul on the proper Side-tackle, and 9, 10 heave correspondingly on handspikes. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. The instinct of attack made him stoop, grasp a piece of wood lying on the ground,—a kind of rustic handspike,—and armed in this primitive fashion he continued his race. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel It was filled with mutiny, murder, storm, open-boat cannibalism and agonies of thirst, handspike and cutlass inhumanities. Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel "I say, Mivins," cried Tom Green, the carpenter's mate, "if you were asked to say, 'Hold on hard to this handspike here, my hearties,' how would ye go about it?" The World of Ice When at the head of the Stairs, the timber was lowered on the rock, and was slid downwards, with occasional lifts by the crowbar and handspike. The Crater Handspikemen see the handspikes in place, and then assist in getting up shot for the guns; and, if necessary, in covering hatchways in the division. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. In a hand-to-hand fight which followed two more were killed with handspikes, and the remaining four were overpowered and sent adrift in a small boat. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 Give me a help with the handspike and get her straight for the island. The Refugees The clattering of handspikes preceded the mariners song. The Red Rover I could not discover so much as a handspike floating, though I looked with intense anxiety, in the hope of picking up some fellow-creature clinging to a spar. Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" KING: But this is quite unaccountable; a keener hand at scuttling a Cunarder or cutting out a White Star never shipped a handspike. The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan Even then we have dangers From meddlesome strangers, Who spy on our business and are not content To take a smooth answer, Except with a handspike... Rewards and Fairies First mate angry, said it was folly, and to yield to such foolish ideas would demoralise the men, said he would engage to keep them out of trouble with the handspike. Dracula With this I seized the handspike, and for a time pursued them. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Even the handspikes had gone in the launch, and two of the buoys had been left with the anchors, on the Irish coast. Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" I have seen him crowd it with a handspike and the stick would roll in opposite the fireplace. The Bark Covered House Looking around, the other found a handspike, and passing swiftly up the heel of the bowsprit, he stood between the knight-heads. Homeward Bound or, the Chase He stuck up handspikes, and other objects, about deck; putting hats and caps on them, so as to make us appear very strong-handed. Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast While I was attending to those in front, and on either side, the one behind ran up with the handspike, and struck me a heavy blow upon the head. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass He loved it so, that me trying to pry him loose from it was about like working to move the Iriquois Building with a handspike. Michael O'Halloran Now came the logging and burning, father worked with his oxen and handspike, I with my handspike. The Bark Covered House Raising the handspike, Mr. Blunt struck the chains several violent blows. Homeward Bound or, the Chase He stopped and seized a handspike as soon as he saw the ferocious attitude of the dog. Dick Sands, the Boy Captain They, however, at length combined, and came upon me, armed with sticks, stones, and heavy handspikes. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Leaning on the handspike, he panted,—not entirely from fatigue. The Story of Kennett Others we drew together and when we piled them up, father took his handspike and rolled the log, I held it with mine until he got a new hold. The Bark Covered House Paul Blunt spoke hurriedly, and, giving the other the handspike, he ran down to the bitts, and commenced loosening the chains from their fastenings. Homeward Bound or, the Chase Negoro had turned very pale, and having put down the handspike, made his way cautiously back to his own quarters. Dick Sands, the Boy Captain We now manned the handspikes cheerily, and began to heave. Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale Show your broken head and your lovely battered features on deck at once in the twinkling of a handspike. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale As we neared him we could see his bare arms with the handspike in his hands rolling up the logs. The Bark Covered House They had all got handspikes in their hands. By Sheer Pluck, a Tale of the Ashanti War In this mass of struggling maniacs men were fighting with guns, swords, handspikes, clubbed muskets, stones and fists. The Man in Gray The cook, cabin-boy, Rupert and I, were entrusted with the duty of "fleeting jig" and breaking down the coils of the cable, the handspikes requiring heavier hands than ours. Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale Under cover of the night he stripped the schooner of the cables and anchors, the running rigging, the spare spars, water casks, boats, sails, cabin furniture, blocks, compasses, and handspikes. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale The artillerymen and sappers made a gallant stand, fighting the ghazees hand-to-hand with handspikes and rammers, while the guns poured canister into the advancing masses. The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80 The next thing I knew, was the loud thumping of a handspike on deck as the watch was called again. Redburn. His First Voyage The sun was about a handspike high from the horizon. The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories What she wants is a taste of the handspike. Married Under his management there was perfect subordination, without the necessity of resorting to heavers and handspikes as a means of enforcing authority. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale So, armed with an immense handspike, he took up a position by a large rock that the bear must pass. The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton Boys, bring your handspikes; raise this monster log Till I can hitch the chain—Buck! lazy dog! The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales in Verse Together with Numerous Songs Upon Canadian Subjects When this foundation was laid, the next nearest surrounding logs were drawn alongside and rolled up on skids, by the logmen stationed there with their handspikes for the purpose. Gaut Gurley The captain, seeing this, knocked the butcher flat upon the deck with a handspike. The World of Waters A Peaceful Progress o'er the Unpathed Sea I then procured a handspike and heaver, and went to work setting up the rigging by a "Spanish windlass." Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale "Oh! he's going home to Down East," said another; "so far eastward, you know, shippy, that they have to pry up the sun with a handspike." White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War Let us draw nearer, then—'twill seem more kind— And watch him with the handspike thrust the brands Closer together. The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales in Verse Together with Numerous Songs Upon Canadian Subjects There were a dozen reckless whites, in the cluster of savages collected at the gate; and enough of these were placed at handspikes to effect the intended dislodgement. Wyandotte Others made the attempt, but were knocked flat on the deck, and the crew kept watch over them with handspikes and cutlasses, until they should receive orders from the captain. The World of Waters A Peaceful Progress o'er the Unpathed Sea He was summarily disposed of, being brained by a handspike or heaver, and thrown into the sea. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale By the exercise of main strength, and the leverage afforded with a strong ironwood handspike, he succeeded in rolling both those barrels into the cave and uptilting them, and leaving them standing high and dry. The Wolf's Long Howl Receiving no reply he seized a handspike and knocked over the first, second, third, and fourth in turn, when the remaining three took to the woods. The Life of Abraham Lincoln In it, as in its fellow the handspike, he found a whole armament. The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore They were trained by handspikes with the aid of side-tackle and their recoil was limited by a stout rope, called the breeching, the ends of which were secured to the sides of the ship. Marvels of Modern Science The sailors seized handspikes, the cook flourished his tormentors, the mate wielded an axe, and the captain grasped a pistol! Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale There was no one aft as the muscular scoundrel seized a handspike and tilted the rough-looking packing trunk overboard. The Midnight Passenger : a novel The skipper gazed meditatively at the shore, and the dog, as it came bounding up, gazed meditatively at the handspike. Many Cargoes Meanwhile, the master of the Triton armed what hands he had left and met Rudsdale's second attempt to board him with a formidable array of handspikes, hatchets and crowbars. The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore As for the crew, they cheered at their toil, incessantly, passing from capstan bars to the handspikes, and vice vers. Jack Tier But when his head was nearly cut off, and his skull beat in by the cook's axe and handspikes, the shark, finding further resistance impossible as well as useless, resigned himself to his fate. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale He's as brave a fellow as ever buckled at a handspike or rode a jib-boom. Manuel Pereira "Up with the anchor," said the skipper, seizing a handspike and thrusting it into the windlass. Many Cargoes To make a sailor shoulder a handspike, and walk fore and aft the deck, like a sentry, is as ignominious a punishment as can be put upon him. Two Years Before the Mast Mulford advised another trial with the handspikes and bars, but to this Spike would not consent. Jack Tier Poky followed, and heaved with me at the same handspike. Omoo Festing seized a handspike and the skids groaned as the big log began to move. The Girl from Keller's "Then I yield," said the skipper, drawing himself up, and delivering the handspike with the air of a defeated admiral tendering his sword. Many Cargoes Nobody broke his back or his handspike by his efforts. Two Years Before the Mast The word was passed to the crew that "it was now for doubloons," and they went to the bars and handspikes, notwithstanding the sun had set, cheerfully and cheering. Jack Tier But darting forward the instant I had the helm, the old cook thundered on the forecastle with a handspike, "Breakers! breakers close aboard!—'bout ship! 'bout ship!" Omoo Then Festing said they had better move a few logs as far as they would go, and they worked the first trunk down hill with handspikes and tackles. The Girl from Keller's It was but a short pull out to the schooner, and Miss Rumbolt was soon on the deck, lavishing endearments on the monkey, and energetically prodding the bear with a handspike to make him growl. Many Cargoes What a variety of playthings, too, in this fuel of ours; such inexplicable pieces, treenails and tholepins, trucks and sheaves, the lid of a locker, and a broken handspike. Oldport Days At his order, she threw her weight on the end of a quickly extemporized handspike, easing the pressure and listening to her husband's groans, while Malemute Kid attacked the tree with his ax. The Son of the Wolf No sooner had he put his foot over the threshold than a pistol flashed in his face, and he was knocked down, at the same moment, by a blow from a handspike. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3 The men sank to their knees, it was difficult to find a fulcrum for the handspikes, and the logs would not run well on the beaten roads. The Girl from Keller's With a wistful glance at the handspike, the girl walked to the cabin, followed slowly by the skipper. Many Cargoes He was not the man to call a sailor a "son of a b—-h," and knock him down with a handspike. Two Years Before the Mast His prompt reply to all complaints and remonstrances was—the butt-end of a handspike, so convincingly administered as effectually to silence the aggrieved party. Typee I forgot to say, that the lads always took capstan-bars, or gunners' handspikes, or crows with them, to rap the beasts over the noses if they got to be troublesome. Pathfinder; or, the inland sea Still—In the pause Carter seemed to weigh with composure the chances of men with handspikes. The Rescue A Romance of the Shallows The chains were attached to the windlass, the sailors worked away at the handspikes, and at four o'clock in the afternoon the "Chancellor" was in motion. The Survivors of the Chancellor, diary of J.R. Kazallon, passenger To make a sailor shoulder a handspike, and walk fore and aft the deck, like a sentry, is the most ignominious punishment that could be put upon him. Two Years Before the Mast The crew fought desperately with knives, handspikes, and whatever weapon they could seize upon in the moment of surprise. Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains "Now, then," said Nares, who had watched the breaking out of his signal with the old-maidish particularity of an American sailor, "out with those handspikes, and let's see what water there is in the lagoon." The Wrecker |
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