| 单词 | marlinespike |
| 例句 | Once the captain knocked him down with a marlinespike, but he never drew no knives, not even when the mate kicked him, and told him to get up. Midnight Webs 2011-07-29T02:00:30.077Z Meanwhile I grew so weary of standing about that I was quite grateful when Chips ordered me to fetch him a marlinespike. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z He was awakened to speech by the striking of the ship's bell forward when the lookout lifted a marlinespike from the belfry and chimed two short strokes, repeated by two more. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z “Put your marlinespike against the pill and crack the coating on it,” urged Wiley. Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager Its maker named it a knife; as a matter of fact, the knife part was worthless; but snugly and cunningly fitted into the stout buckhorn handle was a serviceable file, a hacksaw, and a marlinespike. Gold Out of Celebes He slashed away the rope yarn which lashed the marlinespike. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 Now and then the mates ordered me to do some little job or other, to fetch a swab or a marlinespike, or to hold a paint-pot, but they in no other way noticed me. Old Jack The ship's bell was struck with a muffled marlinespike as Stirling stood in patient idleness. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z Oliver had also armed himself with a marlinespike in default of a better weapon. The Crew of the Water Wagtail Nature, however, at last gave way, and if we stopped for a moment we went fast asleep with a rope or marlinespike in our hands. Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler But the most uncomfortable feature of his predicament was a marlinespike which was stuck into his mouth like a bit provided for a fractious horse, and was secured by lashings behind his head. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 It must blow hard, you’ll allow, when it becomes necessary to take a reef in a marlinespike. Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days “As easily as you can distinguish a marlinespike from a capstan-bar,” answered Captain Miles. The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea "That is not the kind of a marlinespike I am," replied the Captain quaintly. Dulcibel A Tale of Old Salem Then he set to work to jam down sail cloth and oakum between this barrier and the plank that had started, driving it down with a marlinespike and mallet. A Final Reckoning A Tale of Bush Life in Australia He was seated cross-legged on the top of the house and was hammering down the lumps in a freshly twisted eye-splice with the end of a marlinespike. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 He ducked quickly, as if to dodge Chatelard's hand, and on the downward swing he picked up the rusty marlinespike. The Stolen Singer Then, taking out a marlinespike, which had caught in the rigging somehow or other, he managed, after several blows on either side of the cask, to start the bung. The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea How I should have liked to have been behind the lookout or the officer of the watch with a marlinespike or a capstan bar. The Queen's Cup Skill in seamanship, from the use of the marlinespike and the sail-needle up to the full equipping of a ship and the handling of her under canvas, was in either service the prime essential. The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain He released his daughter, yanked the marlinespike away from Otie, who had been holding himself in the background as a reserve force, and stamped to the rail. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 "Blest if he didn't jump overboard hanging on to that marlinespike!" said Jim stupidly to himself. The Stolen Singer He settled one of our men with his fist, and another with a marlinespike that he caught,—and, in fact, they had to shoot him down. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 His side-arms!" repeated the soldier, when the other had done; "what are they, I pray thee—a marlinespike! The Pilot He did so, and had it not been that a writ of Habeas Corpus was immediately sworn out, the Deptford tailor would most certainly have exchanged his needle for a marlinespike. The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore "There, we are all right now," said Lawry, after he had tried the marlinespike several times to satisfy himself that it could be easily drawn from its place. Haste and Waste; Or, the Young Pilot of Lake Champlain. a Story for Young People Wherever it was, the rusty marlinespike had disappeared. The Stolen Singer Jule hove a marlinespike at the mate's head and jumped overboard. Cape Cod Stories Burns, on watch at the companionway, ran forward with his revolver, and narrowly escaped being brained—Adams at that moment flinging down a marlinespike that he had carried aloft with him. The After House That shover man let out a hair-raisin' yell, hauled the nickel marlinespike over in its rack, and squeezed a rubber bag that was spliced to the steerin' wheel. The Depot Master The missing marlinespike was swinging there, banging against the hull with every roll of the ship. The After House This, weighted down by a rusty marlinespike, spread couchwise along the taffrail, and offered to Jim just the bed he longed for. The Stolen Singer The marlinespike was not found; but he took from the cook a long meat-knife, and brought both negro and knife forward to me. The After House A splintered board showed where it had struck, and a smaller indentation where it had rebounded; but the marlinespike was gone, and Burns had not seen it. The After House It was entirely possible, we agreed, that the marlinespike had been so disposed, as some seaman's resort in time of need. The After House He threw down a marlinespike at something moving in the bow. The After House Afterwards we found a marlinespike hanging over the ship's side by a lanyard. The After House The marlinespike he threw had had no lanyard. The After House Although we had found no absolute explanation of the marlinespike, an obvious one suggested itself. The After House |
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