| 单词 | rigger |
| 例句 | He went on to train as a parachute rigger and was sent to Panama. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Already sailors, porters, riggers, and such were at work. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Stevedores and riggers by the hundreds strained against winches and loaded crates of rations and ammunition into the holds of the warships snugged into their berths. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Here on Long Wharf, merchants’ counting houses were closed and shuttered, sail lofts deserted, the riggers and porters stood idle. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The parachute riggers sprinted out of the hallway toward the playing fields. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Icicles dangled from the bow, the stern, and the riggers that held the oarlocks. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z With the cedar skin attached to the shell, Pocock installed the runners and the seats, the riggers, the rudder assembly, and the trim. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Domestic workers, laborers, small- business owners, and many of the doctor-lawyer-preacher-teacher class moved in alongside the drillers, riggers, and civil servants. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z How many “riggers” did Rosin interview for this book? Men aren’t ending 2012-09-11T17:56:00Z To hoist it inside, he hired the same riggers who install Richard Serra’s massive steel sculptures. A Man on an Eco-Mission in Mixed Media 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Carradine will play the oldest contestant, a former oil rigger forced into early retirement by injury. ArtsBeat: Keith Carradine Will Star in 'Hands on a Hardbody' Musical 2012-03-14T16:30:51Z “A ‘coalminer’ or a ‘rigger’ used to be a complete identity, connecting a man to a long lineage of men. Men aren’t ending 2012-09-11T17:56:00Z Founded more than 130 years ago as an unpretentious overalls manufacturer, Carhartt has become a brand beloved by folk artists and rappers, oil riggers, skaters and the fashion week crowd. When the Heart Belongs to Carhartt 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z It follows the oil riggers of Midland, Texas, who are currently attempting to drill four wells in 50 days with the Big Dog rig. Oil riggers 2010-05-11T07:00:00Z At Snapchat, the siblings oversee an in-house animation studio consisting of a few dozen animators, scriptwriters, visual effects artists, character riggers, engineers and others. At Snapchat, Redrawing the Bounds of Reality 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Three years ago, I coordinated a workshop in Los Angeles with designers and riggers. Spider-Man the Musical: The webbed crusader comes out fighting 2011-01-26T17:31:15Z The toughest task in programming aerial acts, she says, is finding riggers who will work for as little as the performers. Bottoms up for martini trapezes in always surprising Moisture Festival 2012-03-08T22:04:06Z Oppressed Becomes Oppressor To his critics in the West, Robert Mugabe, president of the politically and economically troubled Zimbabwe, is a tyrant, an election rigger, a thug who uses past victimhood to justify further oppression. Theater Review: ‘Breakfast With Mugabe,’ by Fraser Grace 2013-08-26T21:13:53Z He is not afraid to get his hands dirty: working with riggers and technicians, he starts off with a sketch, chain-sawing wood, developing ideas and patching up problems on the hoof. Artist of the week 98: Oscar Tuazon 2010-07-28T09:44:00Z The electricians, carpenters, stage riggers and other members of Local 1 build, run and break down the most complicated of sets, handle the lighting and sound equipment and manage the special effects. Hey, Stars, Be Nice to the Stagehands. You Might Need a Loan. 2013-12-28T02:11:03Z Senate Intelligence Committee, pointed out that Trump supporters were employing the term "rigger" as a substitute for a racial slur in their online posts. "Hit list": Trump grand jurors face violent threats after names and addresses shared on QAnon forums 2023-08-26T04:00:00Z “They only went after those that fought to find the riggers!” he said. How Trump’s attacks on prosecutors build on history of using racist language and stereotypes 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z US throws out charges against interest rate ‘rigger’ Interest rate ‘rigger’ wins right to appeal in UK 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z Workers taking action include electrical, production and mechanical technicians in addition to deck crew, scaffolders crane operators, pipefitters, platers and riggers. North Sea strikes by 1,300 offshore workers to go ahead 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z He thought about Jimmy Palmer, a rigger with the crane company who had become a close friend but died of cancer before he could help bring Lee down. White contractors wouldn’t remove Confederate statues. So a Black man did it. 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z In order to create those very thin branches, I used a rigger brush, which is so named because it was used by artists to paint the very thin lines of a ship’s rigging. A Seattle artist’s inspired guide to our majestic ‘Trees of the West’ 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Asked what Trump meant by the term, Cheung defined a rigger as “a person who rigs an event or system.” How Trump’s attacks on prosecutors build on history of using racist language and stereotypes 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z Stunt riggers handle a lot of the technical equipment — including pulling people wearing wires and harnesses to make them look like they are flying. Explaining Hollywood: How to get a job performing stunts 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z But he remained best known for “Five Easy Pieces,” which starred Nicholson as rebellious oil rigger Bobby Dupea, a former concert pianist who has given up his artistic ambitions and rejected his privileged upbringing. Bob Rafelson, a New Hollywood renegade, dies at 89 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z At 18, he joined the Teamsters as a rigger, hauling heavy equipment around construction sites. Teamsters: A sleeping American giant now spoiling for a fight 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z His mother was a commercial artist, and his father was an engineer who also worked in Hollywood special effects, including as a wire rigger on “The Wizard of Oz.” Douglas Trumbull, filmmaker and master of visual effects, dies at 79 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z Lasley and the rigger had met up only six times, she says, before he told her he was going to leave his wife for her. Seeking a world without women, Tabitha Lasley lost herself — and found a better book 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z Mr. O’Brien, who once worked as a rigger, transporting heavy equipment to construction sites, was elected president of a large Boston local in 2006. A Hoffa Ally, Then a Foe, and Soon the Teamsters President 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z He writes about drone operators, prison guards, poultry plant workers, and oil riggers. A hard look at the "dirty work" nobody wants to celebrate this Labor Day 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z The position is for an assistant to a master rigger — someone mechanically-minded to help a boat specialist on jobs, no experience necessary. California's jobs recovery is losing steam. Here are the numbers. 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z “These people were quitting Harvard to their families’ mortification, to go sail around the world on the last of the large square riggers here in Southern California.” Thar she blows up! How sea shanty TikTok took over the internet 2021-01-15T05:00:00Z “I have a friend who lives in Austin, and I said, ‘I need to see an oil rig,’” Bergen said, noting that Roberta was the daughter of an oil rigger. Candice Bergen squares off against Meryl Streep, and, boy, was it nerve-racking 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z Shortly thereafter, Ben Dunbar, a former Biltmore Estate chef and a military veteran who worked as a parachute rigger right out of high school, joined the team. Former Navy captain opens restaurant following tragedy 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z Luke Hopkins works as a rigger, building and helping set up festival stages. Festival staff 'devastated' by summer of cancellations 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z Amid the coronavirus pandemic, riggers are now making cloth face masks to fight the virus for personnel around the sprawling Army base in North Carolina. Fort Bragg soldiers make masks to fight coronavirus pandemic 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z There was the Brad, a master rigger of industrial cranes, whose gruff diatribes against bankers, bike lanes, hipsters, and “harelips” we surreptitiously recorded, for laughs. My Year of Concussions 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z “That's where I was the truck driver, I was the rigger, I was the electrician, I was the programmer, I was everything.” Steve Lieberman got his start lighting illegal warehouse parties. Now, it's Coachella. 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z And after Pacheco and other riggers used the mobile gantry and chains to raise it to the vertical position, it towered over them. Haunting icons of Sept. 11 rise at Marine Corps museum 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z The Federal Aviation Administration stated it would be looking at Mason’s parachute to investigate if it was “packed by a federally approve rigger,” FOX40 reported. Skydiver killed after parachute fails to deploy, 5th death in 3 years at California parachute center: report 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z I participated in the circus starting in ninth grade as a “rigger.” Calendar Letters: Linda Ronstadt fans say thanks for the memories - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z There is just something very likable about Pochettino: the barking laugh, the pouchy dimples, the way he strides around the touchline looking like the world’s most handsome oil rigger. Pochettino, respect, and the ‘never kicked a ball in your life’ theory | Barney Ronay 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z He declared from the rafters that riggers “Respect the captain!” I worked with Bill Cosby, and I saw his dark side | Candace Allen 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z The beam was a lot like the heavy stuff riggers move all the time. Haunting icons of Sept. 11 rise at Marine Corps museum 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z Eventually, he says, people will go to the factories in space to work in much the same way as oil riggers do. 'It's about expanding Earth': could we build cities in space? 2018-04-21T04:00:00Z Many of the immigrants worked on the waterfront, as shipbuilders, riggers, sailors and dock workers. Brooklyn's Sunset Park, built and rebuilt by immigrants, sees change once again Striped bass are fair jigging Pirk Minnows and trolling Shad Raps on down riggers in the lower end of the lake. Texas Fishing Report 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z George Panagopoulos, a chief rigger at the Army Parachute Association, told the court that Mr Cilliers was a "skilled packer" and "knew what he was doing". Accused husband 'skilled parachute packer' 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z Regulations require that the main parachute must be packed within 180 days by a certified parachute rigger, a person under the supervision of a parachute rigger, or the person making the jump. Navy SEAL killed in Perris skydiving accident 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z Yes, women served as parachute riggers and welders, and eventually became drill sergeants and pilots. The first woman Marine: In 1918, she couldn’t vote but rushed to serve 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z He worked as a diving instructor and underwater photographer, as well as a stage rigger, which, he said, taught him how to anchor statues on a seabed. Undersea Museum Keeps Fish Feeding and Its Social Commentary Biting 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z On Aug. 4, 1874, a painter and rigger named Albert Ports lost his balance and tumbled several stories down the Capitol dome from one level to another, miraculously breaking only a wrist. Refurbished Capitol dome: Historic symbol of unity towers over worried nation 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z While the actors get the applause on opening night, the student builders, painters, riggers, running crew, stage managers, sound-and-lighting team and costumers work for months behind the scenes. At a Brooklyn High School, Plenty of Drama Before the Curtain Goes Up 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z This recent history may tempt voters to think that would-be riggers need to tamper with the outcome in only one county to change the vote. Can’t buy me votes: Donald Trump is wrong about rigging an election 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z Her interview expressed a fixation, instead, with stories of the riggers and the media plotters seeking to deny her husband power. Melania Trump, Conspiracy Theorist 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z At the same time, she tried to reach the voters who have dismissed her as the candidate of a corrupted establishment, a rigger of primaries. Hillary’s Night 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z He started as a rigger responsible for setting up electrical wiring and piping. It’s full speed ahead for SAFE Boats in the law-and-order market 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z But in 1943, women were offered not only a chance to work as clerical workers, but also parachute riggers, mechanics, welders, mapmakers and more. WWII Marine Women’s Reserve veteran among first to serve 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z Striped bass are fair trolling Shad Raps on down riggers and jigging Pirk Minnows in the lower end of the lake in 20-40 feet. Texas Fishing Report 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Although they did not engage in combat, they went through boot camp and worked as parachute riggers, aircraft mechanics, drivers, hospital aides and administrative assistants, in addition to deciphering codes. In breaking codes, she also broke ground 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z And, no, they didn’t get the idea from Bruce Willis and his intrepid band of space oil riggers in the film Armageddon. Helpful Tips For Nuking An Asteroid 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z Some riggers pulled, hand over hand, on a chain-link pulley, and the tube began to creep up the wall with a sound of ascending roller coaster. Picasso’s Stage Curtain Is Unfurled at Its New Home 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z About 2,500 workers, including electricians, plumbers, mechanics and riggers, will be asked to consider a range of responses, including strike action. Warning of oil contractors strike 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z Striped bass are fair jigging Pirk Minnows and trolling Shad Raps on down riggers over humps in the lower end of the lake. Texas Fishing Report 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z I poked around the Internet a bit, and saw that the two versions of the story linked to from its skimpy Wikipedia page — here and here — also talked about riggers. As I Lay Lying: The Web Fixes Faulkner 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z A motion design professor at Ringling College, Williams is working with Mografi as a “character rigger.” Sarasota designer has eye for video games 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z Nik Wallenda arrives in Chicago Thursday afternoon to help with the process, though his dad — Terry Troffer, the chief rigger — said he wishes he would stay home and get some rest. Installation begins on Wallenda's tightrope 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z He took a job as a crane rigger at a steelworks in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, which involved working long hours and night shifts. Dad given funds for baby's headstone 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z It is expected to start shortly after 12am Sunday, take 12 or more hours and involve more than a dozen scaffold riggers and art movers. Picasso painting poised to trade wall of chic restaurant for a museum 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z Update: A few hours after this item was published, Genius reverted to Faulkner’s original text and removed the “rigger” annotation. As I Lay Lying: The Web Fixes Faulkner 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z Workwear: A welder's leather jacket, welder's cap, goggles and rigger boots. Six awful jobs to do in a heatwave 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Prosecutors had contended that James Wells resented the growing influence of the two victims at the rigger shop where he was a nationally recognized antenna expert. Alaska man gets 4 life terms in Coast Guard deaths 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z Even the hardiest of riggers would struggle to fix a cable to a tall pylon while being stung by a swarm of African bees. Many rivers to cross 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z It worked with engineering firms, riggers, Koons’ own team and the objects’ fabricators. Jeff Koons’ whimsy takes over NYC museum 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z It worked with engineering firms, riggers, Koons' own team and the objects' fabricators. Jeff Koons' whimsy takes over NYC museum 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z The FAA report said it had a senior rigger inspect the parachute, who found it to be functioning properly. Texas teen in 3,500-foot skydiving spiral had working parachute: FAA 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z The victims were found on April 12, 2012 in the station's rigger shop, where antennas are built and repaired. Alaska man gets 4 life terms in Coast Guard deaths 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z I check the work of four other riggers. Vocations: The Parachute Rigger: The Work Before the Parachute Jump 2014-02-01T14:00:56Z In “Let’s praise data engineers,” Driscoll writes: …if data is the new oil, and data scientists are its petrochemical high priests, who are the oil riggers? Data Science News Roundup: Becoming A Profession At $300/Hour 2013-06-03T17:02:50Z Meanwhile, the riggers continue to rig, and the regulators sit around scratching their heads. How Wall Street fraudsters ripped you off, again 2013-05-10T17:07:00Z Innocent bank staff must not be allowed to carry the can for the rate riggers ... RBS Libor-rigging scandal: in quotes 2013-02-06T19:17:56Z Had my partner drop his 'rigger down, he got bit. Lake Chelan offers decent lake trout action while Omak Lake is place to be for big cutthroats 2012-11-16T17:09:05Z In Midtown Manhattan, riggers went to work high above West 57th Street, near Carnegie Hall, where the storm broke the boom on a construction crane and left it dangling 74 stories up. Fractured Recovery Nearly a Week After Hurricane Sandy 2012-11-04T23:58:36Z We caught most of our fish at 20 feet on the riggers. Upper Columbia River sockeye fishery is the hot ticket on eastside 2012-07-24T22:15:06Z Mr. Binney held his course until the nose of his boat was level with No. 5's rigger. Peter Binney A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:10.423Z He talked about riggers who check the cables with him during and after a snowstorm. City Room: Christmas Tree Care, With an Audience 2011-12-22T12:15:23Z Rapetti lawyer Marianne Bertuna said the rigger was very disappointed in the decision and considering fighting it in court to try to get back to the work he’s done since he was 17. APNewsBreak: Rigger in deadly NYC crane collapse loses licenses; ruling calls him responsible 2011-07-20T19:13:58Z The contract dictates terms between the riggers and private contractors, GES and Freeman, who hire them to set up and tear down shows at the facility. McCormick Place union to stick with state's labor revisions 2011-07-12T20:29:00Z "Knock-off" time came, and with it the exodus of all the motley crowd of riggers, painters, and stevedores who had been busy about the ship all day. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z In December, 17 riggers involved were shown the evidence and 13 were dismissed. Sleeping steel workers 'spy' row 2011-05-09T07:45:19Z Pray Heaven the wind soon chop round ahead, then," said the captain, with energy; "I would not lose the chance of a brush with this three-masted rigger for a post-captaincy. Captain Kyd, Vol. II or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-04-11T02:00:12.290Z A terrifically talented rigger—"rigger" being the general term for the men, mostly, whose job it is to move immensely heavy stuff—he could function at near-optimal levels no matter what. Excerpt: 'Punching Out: One Year in a Closing Auto Plant' 2011-01-20T22:00:00Z The riggers' contract puts them at odds with two of the other major unions at the exhibition hall--the carpenters and Teamsters. McCormick Place union to stick with state's labor revisions 2011-07-12T20:29:00Z This was taken advantage of by the skipper to practically refit the ship, all hands being kept at work all day long splicing, turning-in blocks, serving shrouds, fitting new running-gear, and doing rigger's work generally. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z My impression is that they used riggers shorter by 2 ins. than those now in use. Rowing 2011-01-15T03:00:32.313Z She is not an oil rigger, or an oysterman, or a shrimper. This Land: After Oil Spill Crisis, a Protector Keeps Watch 2010-12-21T02:28:22Z In this excerpt, he meets riggers, truckers, and scrap crews—the workers charged with taking apart American industry. Excerpt: 'Punching Out: One Year in a Closing Auto Plant' 2011-01-20T22:00:00Z Prior to the increases, a journeyman rigger made $37.25 an hour. McCormick Place union to stick with state's labor revisions 2011-07-12T20:29:00Z “He’s one of the best riggers out there,” Mr. Stroh testified. Engineer Says Rigger in Crane Collapse Worked Safely 2010-07-10T00:38:00Z He should bid his crew "stand by" their riggers, and see that each man is in readiness to lift and carry her to the water's edge. Rowing 2011-01-15T03:00:32.313Z The passing seafood shacks and oil tanks, the boat storage yards and the parked trucks of offshore riggers reflect the shared interests in the gulf’s bounty. This Land: Oil Spill Keeps Fisherman From Sea He Learned to Love 2010-05-03T04:05:00Z There was so much work to do that Jeff was looking to bring on four more skilled riggers. Excerpt: 'Punching Out: One Year in a Closing Auto Plant' 2011-01-20T22:00:00Z Sculpture, installation, activities, games, theme camps, performances, decorators, carpenters, riggers and general volunteers are all welcome. Decorating the Night in Brooklyn 2010-02-17T23:58:00Z Yanukovych's victory marks an astonishing comeback for a man written off in the West as a ballot rigger, a Moscow stooge and a Soviet-style apparatchik. 2010-02-12T23:25:00Z The riggers at the entrance leapt into sudden activity, and for five minutes the din and clatter of capstans, shrilling of whistles, and splash of hawsers in the water broke the spell of silence. H.M.S. —— The fact of our captain being relieved did not prevent orders being issued to have the brig repaired, and the riggers from the yard came on board and made things lively for a while. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document It mattered little whence it came, Or who a loss of stock might claim; Supply kept even with demand, Convenient to the rigger's hand. The Brownies: Their Book As we passed alee of the grain-carrier there was no doubt of the truth of the rigger's assurance. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war She would be a square rigger, running, like ourselves! The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea At each side of the black basin gates stood a little group of men, the majority "Dockyard mateys" of the rigger's party. H.M.S. —— The pilots have passed their tests and been decorated with wings, and the mechanics have already learned their separate trades as riggers, fitters, carpenters, sailmakers, and the like. Cavalry of the Clouds The only sables which are in any degree indispensable to you are the smaller sizes of riggers. The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors "Sop it up, old sport!" says the rigger, patting the pipes. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war The system and speed with which the trained tent riggers went about their task was nothing short of marvelous to Bruce. The Boy Scout Fire Fighters Round the corner of the rigger's store two uniformed figures appeared walking briskly towards the basin entrance. H.M.S. —— Limehouse, with its "Reach" and "foul and furtive boats," is closely connected with the personality of Dickens himself, having been the residence of his godfather, one Huffam, a rigger employed in a waterside shipyard. Dickens' London I spent the best part of the next three days watching the sparmakers and riggers at work on her. The Seiners He holds all landsmen but ship-builders, owners, and riggers, in supreme contempt, and can hardly conceive of the existence of happiness, in places so far inland that the sea breeze does not blow. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 The Jason was now lying out in the harbour, and the riggers had taken possession of her. By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson Through the medley of horns, syrens, and whistles that had been sounding through the fog, four short blasts caught the ear of a rigger who leaned against the outward capstan bollard. H.M.S. —— Your own things will do well enough until we get the riggers out of the ship and the painting done. A Chapter of Adventures I was still looking her over, her third day in the riggers’ and sailmakers’ hands, when Clancy came along. The Seiners The workpeople, to be sure—riggers and what not—were most annoyingly slow, but time cured that. Treasure Island On the morning of the fourth day we were masted, and a lighter came alongside filled with riggers from London, and soon afterwards we received our complement of marines, with a captain and two lieutenants. A Sailor of King George The blasts sounded again, and he turned and looked at the foreman rigger behind him. H.M.S. —— Then Jack went back to the docks, and for the rest of the day watched the operations of the riggers. A Chapter of Adventures Jimmie was the First Lieutenant of the Station; it was his job to see to the discipline of the two hundred and fifty mechanics, riggers, carpenters, armorers, drivers, and officers' stewards. Night Bombing with the Bedouins She seemed all right, as far as man may judge of a ship in port—nearly new, and well found in gear and canvas, which the riggers had rove off and bent. The Grain Ship At length, Greenwich pensioners, riggers, and dockyard mateys took their departure, to our great satisfaction, as it was impossible to bring the ship’s crew into discipline whilst they were on board. A Sailor of King George A couple of dingy black "rigger" boats, propelled "Maltee fashion," with the rowers standing facing forward, appeared between the dockyard wall and the great curved stem. H.M.S. —— As soon as he had come on board he had asked the first mate if there was any objection to his lending a hand if the riggers would allow him. A Chapter of Adventures The riggers in the naval yards, who rig ships previous to their being commissioned, are under the master-attendant, and perform all anchor, mooring, and harbour duties also. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. A body of riggers were at work in parcelling and serving with spun yarn the eyes of the shrouds. With Cochrane the Dauntless The latter, who was a rigger, and mast-, oar-, and block-maker, lived at Limehouse in a substantial handsome sort of way, and was kind to his godchild. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete But I was just a little bit afeard that Abe might ha’ been playin’ it on me, or else that his riggers might ha’ got a bit mixed. Turned Adrift The rigger at once placed Jack at work with one of the gangs, and he worked steadily until four bells sounded, and the men knocked off. A Chapter of Adventures The amateur riggers who had tinkered with the Polly's gear in makeshift fashion had not troubled to smooth off spikes with which they had repaired the martingale's lower end. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 He would not be happy if he was not on board from the very first hour that the riggers were beginning their work. With Cochrane the Dauntless She was still in the hands of the riggers’, who, busy as bees, swarmed in every part, rattling down the rigging, swaying up the topmasts, and getting the yards across. The Three Commanders Everything about her was fitted up in good style; indeed, the carpenters, riggers, and painters had been at work upon her for a month. Desk and Debit or, The Catastrophes of a Clerk When the riggers had once left the ship Jack had nothing more to do, and Mr. Timmins told him that it would be no use his coming again until Monday morning. A Chapter of Adventures In 1851, he moved to Charleston, worked as a rigger, and thereafter led a seafaring life. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 I will go round with him myself; till we get the shrouds up, one is quite enough to look after the riggers.” With Cochrane the Dauntless By the aid of A few clever riggers to put on the pot, To stir it round gently, and serve while 'twas hot, the shares rose higher than had been expected. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 460 Volume 18, New Series, October 23, 1852 And the next morning, as soon as it was light, the Wavecrest was slung over the side, her mast stepped, and the riggers got to work on her. Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers Expert riggers who know their craft are few and hard to get. Opportunities in Aviation It seems that the riggers were at work on the pumps when we came out in the tug, but were stopped by the agents before we got alongside. Saved by the Lifeboat He has been at work here since the morning the riggers came on board, and is not afraid to put his hands into the tar-pot, as you can see from his appearance. With Cochrane the Dauntless The mast of the yacht was stepped during the forenoon, and after dinner the rigger came to do his part of the work. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder So busily were all hands employed in refitting the ship, aided by extra carpenters and riggers, that Jack was unable to obtain even an hour’s leave on shore. John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea I found, however, on application, that I could obtain employment as a rigger in the dockyard; and in that work I spent some years. Old Jack "He can make ther ball cut all kinds of riggers in the air." Frank Merriwell's Cruise Control Cables.—After every flight the rigger should pass his hand over the control cables and carefully examine them near pulleys. The Aeroplane Speaks Fifth Edition I shall bear up for one of the London dockyards as a rigger.” Snarley-yow or The Dog Fiend The prize had been so transmogrified by the dockyard riggers at Port Royal that even her old friends would not have known her. Roger Willoughby A Story of the Times of Benbow I told him as a rigger, but that I sometimes found my strength scarcely equal to the work; but when that failed, I was sure God would provide for me as He had always done. Old Jack What by good wages and encouragement, and constant supervision, the carpenters and riggers have got on so well, that I expect she will be ready for sea in a few days. Mark Seaworth They put me to field labour at first, but they found out that I was handy as a rigger, so they’ve put me to refitting some of their craft. Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman He laid all the blame of the disasters his ship had met with to the Dockyard riggers. The Three Lieutenants The riggers were still busy, and the crew hard at work getting in stores, water, and provisions, including fresh meat and vegetables. Syd Belton The Boy who would not go to Sea “Yes, sir,” answered I, “I was aboard the poor old Althea during the whole time that she was in the hands of the riggers.” A Pirate of the Caribbees But, in the matter of spars and rigging, those heathens the dockyard riggers had completely ruined her, as O’Flaherty admitted, almost with tears in his eyes. The Rover's Secret A Tale of the Pirate Cays and Lagoons of Cuba The janitor was too old a man to make the repair and it looked as though a professional rigger must be sent for, when Neale volunteered. The Corner House Girls at School Well, old man," said I, "I'm satisfied with the prosaic methods of the gas companies, the book-agents, and the riggers of the stock-market. R. Holmes & Co. Charles, do you find Mr.——, the rigger, and Mr.——, the sailmaker, and tell them I want them immediately. How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune Not for nothing had he listened to Mrs. Hardesty and Buckbee and learned how the market riggers worked, but neither to her nor to Buckbee did he so much as hint of his purpose. Rimrock Jones When he grew up, Ned went to Boston and earned an honest living as a rigger, but after a while he tired of this and sailed in a sloop to Honduras to steal log-wood. The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers First just listening to the stories of the older spacemen and running errands for them, then lending a helping hand wherever he could, and finally becoming a rigger and mechanic. The Revolt on Venus We were standing on the harbour wall, looking down on the schooner on which the riggers were busy renewing her standing gear. Carette of Sark The riggers and other artisans of the shipping would before very long be astir. Israel Potter A young Irish rigger, with a capable wife and two pretty babies, lost his job after a quarrel with his boss rigger. Broken Homes A Study of Family Desertion and its Social Treatment This arrangement is necessary, as riggers or belts of leather, cotton, or indiarubber will not stand the atmosphere of the nitro-benzole house. Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise The riggers went hard at work; the captain and crew were sent on board to assist, and thus before the autumn storms broke once more, the Robert Cassallwas ready for sea. A Dream of the North Sea At which words Kolgrim started, in a way, and looked first at the riggers and then back at the Saxon, who moved no muscle of his face, though one might see that his eyes twinkled. King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet She was in the hands of a few riggers, who were sending aloft her canvas, which, being of a snowy whiteness, proclaimed her nationality even before I could see her hull. Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate" It has always appeared to me that poets have been the riggers of that sea. A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland Large numbers of extra hands had been taken on at the dockyards, and the fitters and riggers labored night and day, hastening on the vessels just put into commission. Jack Archer Only experience will teach the rigger what tension to employ. The Aeroplane Speaks And I looked at the riggers also, and saw that the Saxon was right, and that the men had the square-cut sail turned over with the leech forward and the luff aft. King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet How they ever stood the frightful strain was a miracle and spoke volumes for the Yankee riggers who fitted her out. Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate" For seven years he was an apprentice on the Senator Weber, leaving that vessel to go to the Lizzie Fennell, a square rigger, as fourth officer. Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters Her standing gear was in a perfection and beauty of order that spoke of long tranquil days in the trades, and that no mere harbor riggers could hope to accomplish. Java Head The 'rigger,' in the most nonchalant manner imaginable, places the ball apparently under one of the thimbles, in plain view of the spectators, and offers to bet any sum that 'it isn't there.' The Secrets of the Great City And he did not bide with the Saxon any longer, but went on board the ship hastily, and said what he had to say to the riggers. King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet I had to scull about Rio for several months, doing odd jobs as a rigger, and the like of that, until, finding no Yankee came in, I got a passage in a Scotchman. Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale A gang of riggers, stevedores, or lightermen work the vessel into the stream. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 "All right, Harry?" asked Joe of one of the riggers who had charge of putting up the platforms and the big swing. Joe Strong the Boy Fire-Eater The Most Dangerous Performance on Record The "fight" of an ordinary Parliamentary election in England is about as "straight" as the business of a thimble rigger. In the Fourth Year Anticipations of a World Peace The coopers, carpenters, riggers, caulkers and seamen of the town ruled the burgh. The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore "Walk this way, gentlemen—walk this way, if you please," said Mr. Marble, encouragingly, passing a ball of spun-yarn, all the while, to help a rigger serve a rope. Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale Sail-makers and riggers laboured stubbornly, but the work was slow and the means of restoration limited. West Wind Drift "I'm sorry about that!" mused Joe, as the rope rigger passed on. Joe Strong the Boy Fire-Eater The Most Dangerous Performance on Record What she needed was cleaning, painting and scraping, and lots of it, also the riggers would be a few days on her standing rigging; but, so far as Matt could discern, that was all. Cappy Ricks Or, the Subjugation of Matt Peasley There was a little deck at each end, and the usual galvanized-iron oar-locks, without out- riggers, while upon her quarters were painted very small national flags. Four Months in a Sneak-Box The captain and mates and riggers smiled at my movements, and I overheard the former telling his mate that I was "old Miles over again." Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale The "active" speculator is really a market rigger. After the Rain : how the West lost the East The blacksmith, the rigger, the calker, took their pay in shares. The Old Merchant Marine; A chronicle of American ships and sailors But quite a distance off, in its wake, was a tiny out rigger canoe that puzzled us. The Cruise of the Snark In about half an hour we saw some sixty or seventy rafts, or flatboats, without riggers, filled with savages, and coming round the southern bight of the harbor. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3 A new field had come in, twenty miles from the old one, and had brought with it a fresh influx of prospectors, riggers, and lease buyers. The Breaking Point The riggers were out of that ship in a fortnight’s time, and we had begun taking in cargo. Wreck of the Golden Mary Each one of the brothers had been a master builder and rigger and a navigator of ships in every part of the world. The Old Merchant Marine; A chronicle of American ships and sailors Riggers come back—you know what riggers are: come day, go day, and God send Sunday. Within the Tides The riggers had all the cable ranged on deck to clean lockers. Within the Tides |
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