单词 | mizzenmast |
例句 | I find him mopping aft, back toward the mizzenmast, clearing the deck of grime and the occasional brain. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The Dunmore’s mizzenmast, cracked by shot, collapsed, and took with it the main topmast. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Broadside code of conduct man-of-war careen Jolly Roger mizzenmast Brethren of the Coast. Prod-5806 Test 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z There is rope everywhere — running down from the ceiling, coiled underfoot — and it’s easy to imagine you’re standing on the boom of a mizzenmast. Perspective | Like sand through an hourglass, National Theatre’s sandbags are slipping away 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z The sails on the mizzenmast, or on the stays between the mainmast and mizzenmast. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z "There goes our mizzenmast," called out her mate to the captain. The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution 2012-01-09T03:00:21.297Z The plain table, built about the butt of the mizzenmast; the chairs; the swinging, whale-oil lamps.... The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z Nearest the shore, and already launching longboats of Roundhead infantry, were the Rainbowe and the Marsten Moor— the red and white Cross of St. George fluttering from their mizzenmasts. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Ice had appeared upon the cap of the mizzenmast, the rigging was coated with frost, and the wind, from the north and east, held steadily. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z Scarcely had the conversation between the captain and lieutenant finished, when the Frenchman's mizzenmast fell forward, their fire began to slacken, and we, in a clear interval, could see a bustling on board. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 Suddenly we saw the mizzenmast of the Spaniard totter. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois The mizzenmast was cracked, and the mainmast itself was injured under the convulsive blows of the gun. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 He turned and began to secure a loose piece of line dangling from the shroud supporting the mizzenmast. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z She pointed to the telltale on the mizzenmast, her arm swinging in a graceful circle and indicating that the wind would change. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z Drew and Parmalee were standing near each other just abaft the mizzenmast, while Tyke and the captain were aft, talking in low voices. Doubloons—and the Girl By the time the British had stoppered the broken shrouds, reeved preventer braces, and strengthened the splintered mizzenmast, the Spanish ship had drifted down within hailing distance. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois Anxiety showed on all faces, and it was with great relief that, one day at noon, we watched the Mate nailing a silver dollar to the mizzenmast. The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea The mainmast of the flagship Bristol was hit nine times, and the mizzenmast was struck by seven thirty-two-pound balls, and had to be cut away. Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools The second mate glanced at the telltale on the cap of the mizzenmast. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z Tyke had been carefully helped up by Drew and Captain Hamilton and placed in a chair abaft the mizzenmast, where his keen old eyes could delight themselves with the activities of the crew. Doubloons—and the Girl Only the quickness with which the frigate was brought up into the wind and the main and mizzen sails blanketed by the foresails saved the main and mizzenmasts from being sprung, if not carried overboard. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois I knew right off that there was something up the mizzenmast. Captain Pott's Minister At length they reached the mizzenmast, and the falling yards loosened a plank or two of one of the cages––a noble lion with flowing mane and glaring eyes burst forth and sprung overboard. Hair Breadth Escapes Perilous incidents in the lives of sailors and travelers in Japan, Cuba, East Indies, etc., etc. Aft rose the mizzenmast with its spotless canvas billowing forward like Carrara marble. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z Teach, to the fore; Raveneau, to the main; and Rock, to the mizzenmast. Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main Looking up and down, Dacres coolly replied, "Well, I don't know: our mizzenmast is gone, our mainmast is gone, and, upon the whole, you may say we have struck our flag." Harper's Young People, August 17, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly In the yawl the mizzenmast is always stepped aft of the rudder-post. Boys' Book of Model Boats But the Industry couldn't set those sails on the mizzenmast, because she didn't have any mizzenmast. The Sandman: His Sea Stories She was complete and yachtlike, and her deck house extended fore and aft between the main and mizzenmast. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z She lost her mizzenmast, fore and main topsails and main yard, and was much damaged in the hull. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History When the battle had lasted half an hour, the shot of the United States carried away her antagonist's mizzenmast. Harper's Young People, August 17, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly The mast upon which the smaller sail is set is known as the mizzenmast. Boys' Book of Model Boats These vessels have frequently five or six masts spread out like a fan, from the foremast, which rakes forrard at an extraordinary angle, to the mizzenmast, which shoots well out over the stern. Life and sport in China Second Edition A man lashed with a turn of rope around his waist to the stump of the mizzenmast, was writhing and heaving on his back, while he struck with his knife, apparently at his own body. The Grain Ship He was doing so at full speed, when, unfortunately, the Lackawanna ran into the Hartford just forward of the mizzenmast, cutting her down to within two feet of the water's edge. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Upon her return an hour later, the "Macedonian's" mizzenmast had gone overboard, and her colors were hauled down as the "United States" drew near. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 This is done so that it will not follow the mizzenmast when it swings from one position to another. Boys' Book of Model Boats She carried four boats at the davits; and two spare craft, bottom up, on the boathouse just forward of the mizzenmast. All the Brothers Were Valiant I went on deck; the lantern still burned at the stump of mizzenmast but the lookout was gone. The Grain Ship There were ten men clustered in this part of the wreck, six of whom were crouching under the lee of the skylight, while four had lashed themselves to the stump of the mizzenmast. The Cruise of the "Esmeralda" The jibboom of the Britisher had swung over the deck of the Richard and Jones with his own hands made it fast to the mizzenmast of his ship. A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. When I succeeded at last on getting aft, I found the entrance to the cabin from the deck was blocked by the wreck of the mizzenmast. Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant Then, there were the triangular jibs forward and the triangular staysails between the masts, with the quadrangular spanker like an aerial rudder on the lower mizzenmast. All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways He set the noose firmly upon his shoulders, leaped up, and caught at the hoops on the mizzenmast. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 I thought he was alive, and cried to the men to hand him in, but someone said he was killed when the mizzenmast fell, and had been dead four or five hours. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands She had still her mizzenmast standing; but otherwise she was as badly damaged as her companion, and was undergoing the same repairs and refit. Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess "Handles like a yacht," muttered Seldom, as, with brow wrinkled and keen eye flashing above his hooked nose, he conned the steering from his place near the mizzenmast. "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea She had lost her mizzenmast, and her other masts and several of her yards were injured. The Rival Crusoes They were rigging extra stays for the mizzenmast. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 Some of the men made for the fore-rigging, but the captain shouted to all hands to take to the mizzenmast, as that one, in his opinion, was the securest. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands It does not matter about the mizzenmast, but the yard is of importance. Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) The skipper was under the partial shelter of the mizzenmast, and clung to the belaying-pins. The Young Trawler While Captain Moubray, with the master by his side, was eagerly watching every movement of his antagonist, to take advantage of what might occur, a shot from her struck the mizzenmast, already severely wounded. The Rival Crusoes The Windsor Castle had received five shots in her hull, three men killed, and six wounded; three of her main shrouds cut in two, and her mizzenmast badly wounded. Newton Forster The Merchant Service The men were lashed half-way up the weather rigging of the mizzenmast, and the lifeboatmen shouted to them to come over and drop into the lifeboat. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands Away to leeward we discovered the Canada, with her main-topmast and mizzenmast gone. Paddy Finn The mizzenmast fell at the same time, but the mainmast was seen still standing. The Three Admirals They were right, for scarcely had the Frenchmen’s cheers ceased, than down also fell their mizzenmast with a tremendous crash, evidently doing much damage. The Rival Crusoes In little more than half an hour we had shot away the Frenchman’s mizzenmast and wheel; but our mainmast was badly wounded, and every instant I expected it to fall. The Loss of the Royal George It fell quickly, and as it fell it bore down the mizzenmast. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands Soon afterwards down came the enemy’s mainmast, followed by her mizzenmast, fortunately falling over on the opposite side. Paddy Finn About six a. m. on the 21st, a large white, steam-yacht was seen approaching, flying an American flag from her foremast and the English flag from the mizzenmast. A Negro Explorer at the North Pole The mainmast, as if torn up by some invisible hand, fell over the side, the foremast and mizzenmast following in quick succession. The Rival Crusoes We could not keep the men at quarters, we struck; they took our flag too; then you came down, and he sheered off; then the mizzenmast went. For Love of Country A Story of Land and Sea in the Days of the Revolution On a sudden I took it into my head to fancy that the mizzenmast wasn't so secure as the foremast. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands First they cut away the mizzenmast, then shortly the mainmast went; still she lay helpless. Paddy Finn The buccaneers sometimes used brigantines, vessels with two masts, the fore or mizzenmast being square-rigged with two sails and the mainmast rigged like that of a barque. The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century Our living quarters were in the after deckhouse, which extends the full width of the Roosevelt from a little aft of the mainmast to the mizzenmast. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club The Confederate commissioner came on deck; and Christy looked at him with interest from behind the mizzenmast. Fighting for the Right The schooner was tossed about like a toy, and the mizzenmast was sprung so that no sail could be rigged on it. The Moving Picture Girls at Sea or, A Pictured Shipwreck That Became Real Halvorsen, haul down that signal halyard from the mizzenmast, take one end of it in your teeth, an' swim back to the Maggie with it. Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates At first I thought he had passed around to the other side of the mizzenmast, for we were coiling down gear that had been disarranged during the job, and I was not worried. The Blood Ship She was not seen until so close that it was impossible to dodge her, and the ironclad struck the steamer on the port side, close to the mizzenmast, firing a gun at the same time. Dewey and Other Naval Commanders Colonel Passford and Captain Rombold had seated themselves abaft the mizzenmast, and seemed to be interested in the reports respecting the approaching steamer. Fighting for the Right The three masts, known also as the lower masts, are the foremast, mainmast and mizzenmast, and each of these carries two masts by way of continuations. Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 On another occasion they lost their rudder completely, and they had to steer the ship with the sheets of the mizzenmast; on another, they lost their anchors while quite near Macan. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 22 of 55 1625-29 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. He had suddenly moved with catlike swiftness; when I lowered my eyes from the rigging, I saw he had left his refuge behind the mizzenmast and was standing in the open deck. The Blood Ship A shot passing through the mizzenmast close to the deck, added to the stress from the sails, caused it to break in two and fall over the quarter. Dewey and Other Naval Commanders The length is measured from the mizzenmast to the bow, and the beam from edge to edge. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 19 of 55 1620-1621 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. The third lieutenant was in the waist, and the fourth on the quarter deck, near the mizzenmast. Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat Flag-officers of the United States Navy authorized to wear a square flag at the mizzenmast head will take rank with major-generals of the United States Army. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 6, part 1: Abraham Lincoln The men bent to their oars and rowed rapidly to the schooner, which was easily distinguishable, having hung out a light at her mizzenmast head. Facing the Flag When the smoke cleared away, the Spaniard's mizzenmast was seen dragging overboard; but otherwise no damage had been inflicted. Stories by American Authors, Volume 5 An' just then, as I was walkin' aft, all by myself, I seed lodged on the stump of the mizzenmast a box with one corner druv down among the splinters. The Magic Egg and Other Stories Wilton gave a low whistle, when Shuffles, officer of the deck, was abaft the mizzenmast, with his back to the runaways who had gathered in the waist, and were waiting for the signal. Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat Looking up after some while I saw the Happy Despatch lay a helpless wreck, her main and mizzenmasts shot away and her shattered hull fast locked in close conflict with her indomitable foe. Martin Conisby's Vengeance Take in the topgallants, wind up the mizzenmast and reef the cleets! A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago "Lash his bowsprit to our mizzenmast," shouted the lieutenant, "and we will sweep his decks as he lies!" The Pilot The convulsive blows of the cannon had cracked the mizzenmast, and had cut into the mainmast. International Short Stories: French The after-guard, which is the portion of the ship's company stationed on the quarter-deck, or abaft the mizzenmast, obeyed this order, and stood ready to set the spanker, which is the aftermost sail. Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat And so, presently, I had come to the lowest part, where the bight of the rope dipped downward in a bow towards the weed, and rose again to the mizzenmast of the hulk. The Boats of the "Glen Carrig" The fifth shot struck the mizzenmast about four feet above deck, and cut it almost away. Sustained honor The Age of Liberty Established The men were luckily very smart in taking in canvas, but at one time the captain thought he should have had to cut away the mizzenmast. A First Year in Canterbury Settlement He seesawed on the mizzenmast of his craft as safe as a Steeple Jack rigged to the flagpole of a skyscraper. The Four Million There is no corresponding sail on the mizzenmast. Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat Fresh water, in small quantities, they were able to obtain by holding a cover of a tureen under the saddle of the mizzenmast. When God Laughs: and other stories German, American, or English - let what yard of coloured cotton you choose float from the mizzenmast, the business of the human race is their captain. Tea-Table Talk The engagement lasted three hours, when the Tripoli struck, having lost her mizzenmast, and with twenty of her crew killed and thirty wounded. Hero Tales from American History Every sail on the mizzenmast vanished in a rush of flame, compelling the two men to crouch and shield their faces. South Sea Tales While Shuffles had been teaching the "outsiders" the game of "Don't know Beans," Pelham, as officer of the deck, remained abaft the mizzenmast, and had failed to notice what was taking place in the waist. Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat In vain Mahoney strove to get the men to take turns in watching aloft from the mizzenmast for any chance vessel. When God Laughs: and other stories He made his way to the yam sacks lashed abaft the mizzenmast and got his bottle. Jerry of the Islands He fetched up against the foot of the mizzenmast, while Captain Van Horn, with the sailor’s eye for the coral patch under his bow, gave the order “Hard a-lee!” Jerry of the Islands He broke off to gaze with dropped jaw at a spiral of smoke that coiled and twisted in the lee of the mizzenmast twenty feet above the deck. South Sea Tales |
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