| 单词 | semaphore |
| 例句 | Edward pushed a door open, and there was the yellow brass bed and the old semaphore banners from college and a very musty raccoon coat which he stroked with muted affection. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know, Luce—you know, at a certain point, when a guy is holding up enough red flags, he’s just speaking to you in semaphore.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He’s doing pretend semaphore, waving his arms in ornate patterns as if I’m supposed to understand some kind of secret code. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Sends and receives messages by means of semaphores and other visual signals. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The taxi rounded the statue of the inventor of the semaphore engaged in doing same, and turned up the Boulevard Raspail, and I sat back to let that part of the ride pass. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z She was wearing a jaunty shirtwaist, white with small red and blue semaphore flags. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the black pup flashed his tail like a semaphore signal and they all jumped on Jello again. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I half expected to see the few remaining insects circling him and semaphoring their romantic intentions. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z It’s more like a telegram, a verbal semaphore. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z However, good intentions stifle the drama, as clever plot complexities communicate history but constrain characters, and emotions are semaphored in brittle dialogue. Canary by Jonathan Harvey 2010-05-01T23:08:00Z Another arrays tabletop fields of onions, each painted like a fishing bob or semaphore and sprouting greens — new life — as it shrivels in decay. William Pope.L sets the U.S. flag waving at the MOCA/Geffen 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z At times it seems more like a hieroglyphically complicated body semaphore. Daniel Linehan is onto something with ‘Everything’ 2013-09-13T19:22:11Z They describe Ms. Weiner’s use of Morse code, semaphores and maritime signal flags to communicate elliptical poems. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z The movie needs Winslet and Ronan’s skills, their ability to semaphore more with sliding glances and tiny gestures than many actors manage with pages of dialogue. ‘Ammonite’ Review: Love on the Rocks 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Tati also hides himself in the action, camouflaged; in one shot, he plays a policeman directing traffic in jerky semaphore, but stays in the background, just a living part of the overall scenery. Jacques Tati’s Playtime: life-affirming comedy 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z But he can slay without words: His eyebrows are semaphores, his left hand a weapon that can dismiss a subject with a quiver. Don Rickles was politically incorrect before it was incorrect. And at 90, he’s still going. 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z As the Mendes-Marshall “Cabaret” tends to semaphore imminent doom with every step its dancers take, the show risks being a downer unless it looks as if at least somebody were having fun. Emma Stone Takes Over in ‘Cabaret’ 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z As Meher Mirza wrote for Saveur, "the word 'curry' is sometimes used in the West as a familiar semaphore, but the term ossifies the immense sophistication and complexity of Indian food." How curry ketchup became an unexpected icon in post-war Germany 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z Morse, inspired by the French communication system of semaphores, invented the modern electrical telegraph and his famous code and radically changed communications globally. David McCullough's 'The Greater Journey': How France nurtured the American experiment 2011-05-18T23:11:59Z Their colors are cool, and muted, and sometimes the paintings are covered in thin ink drawings, lines, squiggles, arrows, dotted lines and references to sign language and men holding semaphore flags. Review | This visionary artist lives on an island. Does that make her insular? 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z If she’s sending furtive messages, they’re so subtle, they might as well be Morse code wrapped in semaphore filtered through hieroglyphics and the dead languages of our forefathers eight generations back. Perspective | Is Melania Trump sending coded messages, or are we just talking to ourselves? 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z When inflated, they can also be used as fishing bobbers or signaling devices for semaphore, according to SensiblePrepper. How to Survive the Apocalypse 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z And “To Count: Transitive” creates an elegant hieroglyphic semaphore of numbers using burned matchsticks, starting with a single match for one and proceeding to five versions of five, each made with five matchsticks. Art Review: ‘Mel Bochner: Proposition and Process’ at Peter Freeman 2013-05-23T20:30:49Z It undermines the piety and ethical lapses in nonfiction mystery shows, while sharing with “Three Billboards” a belief in semaphores and that people aren’t any one thing. Does ‘Three Billboards’ Say Anything About America? Well … 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z Three capitals, lit up one by one, first raunchily semaphore RAW, then reverse the order to bellow WAR. 100 years of neon 2011-08-27T23:05:03Z The kids on Bandstand mimicked its manual semaphores and danced to its perky rhythm, eerily similar to Bo Diddley’s signature chugging backbeat. Johnny Otis, the Greek Godfather of R&B, Dies at 90 2012-01-19T22:30:12Z She doffs her Greek tunic to reveal a sparkling silver one-piece and dives in, alternating freestyle and backstroke, while smiling at the camera, like a mermaid semaphoring, “Hello, sailor.” Bathing Beauty: The Wet and Wild Life of Esther Williams 2013-06-13T15:28:43Z Sometimes, in the distance, they wave their arms up and down and look a little like angels semaphoring madly. Speed of Light – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-10T16:27:06Z He gets by with a kind of minimalist semaphoring that distills the moves into gestures and poses. ‘Dabangg 3’ Review: A Hero From the School of Knock ’em Hard 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z As knowledge has evolved, so has the means to share it: smoke signal, semaphore, parchment, printing press, telegraph, telephone, YouTube, etc. Is the future of education paying $90 to watch Werner Herzog tell stories about eating maggots? 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z Roche Court's naval connections are evoked by Matthew Holroyd in work using flags and semaphore, while Oliver Griffin plays on modernist dysfunction, presenting a boat's broken-down outboard motor as a thing of beauty. This week's new exhibitions 2010-08-06T23:05:00Z The further we get from past events the more they seem to be wildly semaphoring messages to us about our news agenda. Next week's radio: from The Media Show to Births, Deaths And Marriages 2013-07-13T05:00:06Z Poised between Germany and America, its mysterious yet lively contrapuntal semaphore leaves you wondering what would have followed, had Blinky Palermo been granted more than a dozen very full years of maturity. Art Review: Thinking Outside the Canvas 2011-04-26T23:58:11Z There are so many red flags, the play verges on semaphore. Review: ‘Fire in Dreamland’ Is a Parable of Love and Licorice 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z Elsewhere in the opening episode nothing happened that wasn't first semaphored in the previous scene. Rewind TV: South Riding; The Model Agency; Friday Night Dinner; Silk 2011-02-27T00:05:40Z For him, “Underneath the Skin” is a semaphore that signals a presence now too easy to forget. Dramatizing the Story of a Gay Mid-Century Tattoo Artist Who Was So Much More 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Sound off, you simply get the visual message of affect and hand semaphore. Trump’s Tweets Pivot, Loudly, to Video 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z In the end it must be remembered that the art of conducting is more than just semaphore. Breaking Conductors? Down by Gesture and Body Part 2012-04-06T12:00:28Z The choreography that became associated with it was, by TikTok standards, elementary — a casual semaphore of joy with a mild wiggle of the waist. A Teenage Producer With a TikTok Hit Brings New Zealand to the World 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z Another group to which The Wizard of Oz spoke, at least in semaphore, was homosexual men. Oz Revisited – Part 3: A Parable of Empowerment 2013-09-18T15:30:10Z “It looked like he was doing semaphores and flagging down airplanes,” O’Donnell said. A video of Beto O’Rourke’s wild hand gestures went viral. Does distinctive body language help or hurt a candidate? 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z But who needs consistency when the jokes are as funny as that, a crazed dumbshow in which Schumer must communicate in semaphore facial expressions alone. Growing: Amy Schumer is the daddy of carnal standup 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z On the left shoulder, front, a cluster of schematic semaphore signals evokes his years in the Marines. For Bispo do Rosario, Art Could Only Be a Divine Calling 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Thus “Decisions,” a lineup of 10 small square oils, evokes a set of semaphore flags. In the galleries: Step right up and see the sideshow 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z Today, to help relative newcomers navigate potential April Fool’s foibles, our crack “Now & Then” team shares some quirky codes and stubborn semaphores from “Then” days that persist in the “Now.” For April Fools' Day, a newcomers’ guide to Seattle’s quirky codes 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z We also found semaphore flags, a vastly outdated way to communicate between units. How Russia's 35-mile armoured convoy ended in failure 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z “Maybe we should go back to the days of semaphore,” he once said, referring to a system of sending codes by flags. Evelyn de Rothschild, banking heir and adviser to the queen, dies at 91 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z You’ve probably seen the semaphore system where years ago people in uniform waved handheld flags to convey messages. Opinion | Can we give ‘peace’ a chance again? 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z Soon, the twilight is full of drifting lights, each winking a message in peculiar semaphore: “Male seeks female for brief union.” Some Firefly Species Await a Night That Never Comes 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z Yes, it is a take-off on the word “semaphore” — visual signaling with flags or lights. The collapse in economic confidence under President Biden 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z The name, Semafor, a variation on the word “semaphore,” appears in similar form in many languages. Justin and Ben Smith pick a name for their media start-up. 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z Mary stops by daily to deliver food, standing so far from me that we should use semaphore flags. Alone With a Basketball, a Hoop, and Covid 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z A German market car, it retains the semaphore turn signals that pop up from the B-pillar to indicate a change of direction. Collectors Who Caught the Bug 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Poorly directed, singers semaphore conventional, unconvincing theatrical gestures that turn them right back into stock opera characters. Review: L.A. Opera ends its pandemic hiatus with a triumphant, season-opening 'Il Trovatore' 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z In the painting hanging to the right of the Howard sculpture, Léger’s layers of brightly colored disks are like a bunch of waving semaphore flags, or maybe the clanging signs at a railroad crossing. Review: Three surprises not to miss in LACMA's new Modern art installation 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z The name is a variation on the word “semaphore,” a visual signaling apparatus often involving flags, lights and arm gestures, and often used in a nautical context. Justin and Ben Smith pick a name for their media start-up. 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z Spurred on by a woman partisan, he drops a time bomb from a semaphore gantry onto a train but is gunned down and killed by a Nazi machine-gunner before the train explodes. Jiri Menzel, Oscar-winning Czech director of ‘Closely Watched Trains,’ dies at 82 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z They’re off and racing in stage 18: The road is about five lanes wide and the sun is hot as race director Christian Prudhomme semaphores the signal to start racing. Tour de France 2020: stage 18 – live! 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z But whereas then makeup was used for semaphoring sexual ambiguity, now it is about appearing more presentable in the digital era. Is it time to try Trump's favourite concealer? The rise of men's makeup 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z Matthew Frace, 36, remembers his grandfather teaching him semaphore, the signaling system used by the lifeguards, which McCaffrey learned early in life in part because of his signalman father. Edward McCaffrey, who once worked as assistant postmaster general, was a history buff who was active in his church 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z “The more that the social distancing things are enforced, the more they're feeling it. We’re kind of joking about sending semaphore signals to each other across the dining room.” Coronavirus cases surge at nursing homes as workers battle ‘almost perfect killing machine’ 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z Oiled up, iridescent and alive with shimmering blue highlights on a glowing altar, a woman eagerly semaphores her partner’s entry. From first love to unfollowing – culture that sums up romance in 2020 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z The capitalized words after the start of the sentence – “Creator,” “Rights,” “Life,” “Liberty” and “Happiness” – actually make for a kind of semaphore for the actual meaning of the sentence. Giuliani associates nabbed for alleged campaign crimes 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z The start of today’s race has been semaphored and a group of six riders have attacked off the front of the bunch. Tour de France 2019: stage six – live! 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z “I would try and read the lifeguards doing semaphore,” Frace remembers. Edward McCaffrey, who once worked as assistant postmaster general, was a history buff who was active in his church 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z The one change Warhol made was to overink, and smudge, the page’s black type on white canvas, making it a semaphore of the world’s wandering, brief attention span. Basquiat’s Memorial to a Young Artist Killed by Police 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z The "paragraph eleven" signal, using semaphore and searchlights, took a while to reach all the ships because they were positioned right across the vast flow. The day the German navy sank its own ships 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z She is smiling, but her folded arms semaphore impatience to change the subject. Anna Wintour: a rare face-to-face with the most important woman in fashion 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z And it semaphores being busy, which is much more aspirational than being a lady of leisure these days. Hair to the throne: Meghan’s messy bun is perfect for a modern princess 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z Chen looks a bit like she’s doing semaphore in her spin. Winter Olympics women's figure skating: 15-year-old Alina Zagitova wins gold – as it happened 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z We were accused of “semaphoring the classic pose of the ‘look-at-me’ beauty queen; the unnatural strut of every woman on display for the pleasure of the male eye”. Women must have the right to bare their arms without comment | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z But if she was trying to semaphore it subtly, it was too subtle for some. A-wokening: is pop culture’s political surge a movement or a moment? 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z Though we’re trying to connect, it feels like I’m standing on one side of a rushing river and she’s on the other, semaphoring her thoughts across at me. Björk: ‘People miss the jokes. A lot of it is me taking the piss out of myself’ 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z The alpha Halloween costume of the 00s is one that semaphores your close reading of the zeitgeist. From Hillary Clinton to Offred: how Halloween outgrew the sexy cat 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z The signature diamond design—four triangles meeting at a point near the wearer’s sternum—evokes a semaphore flag. The Cool Kids Behind Opening Ceremony 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Even taskmaster Guardiola was spied clapping on the touchline at one point instead of being his usual manic semaphoring self. Manchester City stumble as Marten de Roon grabs Middlesbrough a point 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z In her intuitive, freewheeling explorations, her body delivers a kind of semaphore of contradictory feelings. The Dynamism of Janet McTeer 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z The biggest logos became a semaphore for social status: the cross flag, the crown. How Polo became one of the most shoplifted labels in history 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z I think it’s more important to have that news out there, whether it comes by phone or by semaphore flags or by any other method. John Dickerson Is Tired of Politicians’ Propaganda 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z Pettifogging and mean, he sent the two battalions of soldiers on constrictive patrols of the Longwood perimeter, disposing artillery and semaphore stations on heights above Longwood. Thomas Keneally: what really happened during Napoleon's exile 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z On the touchline, Klopp throws a few semaphore shapes before engaging the fourth official in philosophical debate. Villarreal 1-0 Liverpool: Europa League semi-final – as it happened 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z But these were basically semaphore machines with too many wires and complex signals that couldn’t travel far. The Heartbreak That May Have Inspired the Telegraph 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z Witness the fact that mayoral candidates Zac Goldsmith and Sadiq Khan both sport similarly silver quiffs and it’s clear that grey hair no longer semaphores drabness within the political realm. Grey and proud: the hairstyle trend where millennials and middle-aged men meet 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z Wild populations of Florida semaphore cactus are no longer found on half the islands in the Florida Keys where they historically lived. Critical habitat identified for 2 endangered Florida cacti 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Beckett’s interest in incarceration is well-known; he lived across from La Santé prison in Paris and sometimes communicated with inmates using a mirror and semaphore. Beckett's prison protege: the inmate who became a top interpreter of writer's work 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z On the touchline, Klopp throws a few semaphore shapes before engaging the fourth official in philosophical debate. Villarreal 1-0 Liverpool: Europa League semi-final – as it happened 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z According to one school of thought, the lines inside the circle form a composite of the semaphore for the letters N and D, standing for Nuclear and Disarmament. He gave his unforgettable work for nothing. Shouldn't the designer of the peace symbol be commemorated? 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z It’s bad enough if you have to overhear him regaling his mates with his quips and bon mots but when he’s on his own* he regales the fielders, you, and any soul within semaphore range. Pakistan v England: first Test, day one – as it happened 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z Fish and Wildlife Service says identifying critical habitat in six counties is essential to conserving the Florida semaphore cactus and the aboriginal prickly-apple. Critical habitat identified for 2 endangered Florida cacti 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Wave these arms like flags, in a kind of gruff semaphore. 13 Tips on How To Speak While Female 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z In some areas, sophisticated computer software controls train paths automatically, in others there are still signallers sitting in traditional wooden signal boxes pulling levers that connect to semaphore arms via a convoluted system of wires. Changing the signals on Britain's railways - BBC News 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Students carried paper megaphones and silver wooden clappers that flashed like flag semaphores and magnified the rhythmic applause, a sound of both welcoming and required exuberance. At Marathon in North Korea, Curiosity Goes a Long Way 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z It’s bad enough if you have to overhear him regaling his mates with his quips and bon mots but when he’s on his own* he regales the fielders, you, and any soul within semaphore range. Pakistan v England: first Test, day one – as it happened 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z What it almost certainly was not was an alien semaphore. Life in Space? Maybe We Really Are Alone 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z Will the ECB nonetheless move from semaphore to action when its governing council meets on January 22nd? Coming soon? 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z It showed the semaphore for the letters N and D, standing for nuclear disarmament. From CND to Coca-Cola: how the world's most famous logos were born 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z With these ones ripped up and destroyed, and made into something else entirely, they perhaps semaphored a new era. Marc By Marc Jacobs sets the beat at New York Fashion Week 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z Notes in the schoolbag, famously, are no guarantee of communication – you'd do better semaphoring from the canteen roof. Secret Parent: 10 things we'd like to say to teachers 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z Nez and his young fellow recruits were called communications specialists by the Marines and were taught Morse code, semaphore and "blinker," a system using lights to send messages between ships. Last of Navajo 'code talkers' dies in New Mexico 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z He also drew, far in the background, a ship with tiny semaphore flags spelling out an unprintable two-word phrase. Erik Blegvad, Children’s Book Artist, Dies at 90 2014-02-11T01:58:04Z It was not a red light, but one of the old-fashioned semaphore arm signals was barring our way. A train trip through the UK's industrial past 2013-10-09T10:30:57Z He notes that indicators of the semaphore and amber "ear" type would not in any case be effective on very long vehicles or practicable on sports cars or convertibles. New rules for car indicators: from the archive, 17 May 1956 2013-05-17T06:30:00Z Why wasn’t this seen as a semaphore of the beginning of the world, God the Creator digging life from the soil and brushing it off, sending it without a headlamp into the darkness? Ben Marcus: “The Dark Arts.” 2013-05-13T04:00:00Z A lengthy exchange of semaphore by means of hand-flags ensued, for other methods of communication on the part of the Warrior were impossible, owing to the clean sweep of everything on deck. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z At least one reader was schooled in semaphore, and that spelled the end of Mr. Blegvad’s work for Esquire. Erik Blegvad, Children’s Book Artist, Dies at 90 2014-02-11T01:58:04Z So I waved my arms like a semaphore gone mad, and I sent him a message in farewell; and he understood, and thanked me and sent a farewell to Eve. The Clammer and the Submarine 2012-04-17T02:00:15.727Z She was also supplied with three lighthouses and several semaphores for signalling to the men-of-war which had her in tow, either by night or day. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z The final blow was given by railways and electricity to the old line of semaphores stretching between Portsmouth and the Admiralty, and elsewhere, and from headland to headland. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z Standing erect in the full glare of the searchlight, and apart from his companions, a petty officer semaphored the desired information. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z Hindhead was in the direct line of signalling semaphores between Greenwich and Portsmouth before the days of the electric telegraph, and every day at one o’clock the time was passed down from the Observatory. The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z They fall like stones, with heads doubled up—not waving down, wings and legs out-stretched like the arms of a semaphore! Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport 2012-03-03T03:00:17.540Z More leisurely, a man carrying a cane, faultlessly dressed, and accompanied by the depot master, crossed from the semaphore house to the spot. Ralph of the Roundhouse 2012-03-02T03:00:11.217Z Spelling out such a message swiftly, letter by letter, with the two little red and white flags, according to either the semaphore or American Morse code, had a splendid fascination for him. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z From the destroyer's bridge a signalman was semaphoring rapidly by means of hand-flags. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z People used to set their watches by the waving semaphore arms. The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z The channel at this point approaches so close to the mainland, that we could easily distinguish churches and houses, and the frigate exchanged signals with the neighbouring semaphore. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z Although the telegraph had been established in '44, it had not been brought from Nova Scotia to Boston, and we had only the semaphore to use for signaling. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z I can send a message by semaphore now, twenty letters per minute; I must get it down to sixteen before I can pass the examination for first-class scout!” A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z She had hardly made a cable's length, however, when the Captain received a message semaphored from the quay to the effect that his agent had secured enough goods to complete his freight. The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z Wright, beside her, was gesticulating like a semaphore, and not far away, Silas was straining his keen eyes to catch the last glimpse of his Sarah. Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z Before going below, von Birmitz spoke to a seaman, who instantly semaphored to a German sentry stationed on the high ground at the entrance to the inlet. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z I semaphored with my right hand until it was temporarily paralysed; then I turned quietly round and semaphored with my left. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z The ball was not in sight, but a frantic little man in a gray sweater was waving his arms like a semaphore behind the farther goal. The Turner Twins 2011-08-28T02:00:36.990Z With such a war method as that which was evidently popular in Aramon, it was no use wasting time reading semaphore messages. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z A block semaphore was turned against the freight and the train was slowing in obedience to the signal. The Real Man 2011-07-29T02:00:28.280Z The seaman semaphored a reply, which was evidently satisfactory, for, rubbing his hands gleefully, the Lieutenant-Commander followed his guests down the narrow hatchway. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z Tom Henderson held Elizabeth Henty as if he never intended to let go of her, and worked her arm up and down as if it were a semaphore. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z Apple employees may not talk much, but they’ve been semaphoring pretty furiously lately. OS X Lion Coming, New MacBook Air, MacBook, Mini Better Be, Too 2011-07-08T18:11:10Z Yes, but did you ever see such a semaphore on a railway? A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z Already the raider's semaphore was signalling to the Myra to cast off and anchor until the tide slackened. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z Farther south, that same night, semaphores signalled the arrival of mysterious ships, which, after a brief stay, returned towards English shores. The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:22.377Z Bellamy, nursing a mood blackly malcontent, fumed over every halt dictated by the winking semaphore lights of the traffic towers. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z For a sailor must learn to talk by means of signals—lights at night, and flags or semaphore arms by day. Two Boys of the Battleship or For the Honor of Uncle Sam 2011-06-07T02:00:13.313Z So I made my way boldly up into St. Crispin's tower and turned the long spyglass, old as the first Napoleon, upon the semaphore ridge. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z Its appearance was greeted by a prolonged blast on the stranger's siren, then from the extremity of the pursuing craft's bridge a man began semaphoring. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z It is similar to a semaphore flag system, except that instead of flags homogenetic enumeration uses only the limbs of the body to communicate numbers. Homogenetic Enumeration: A Numerical System Guaranteed to Move You 2011-05-31T22:15:00.253Z As nowadays most battleships have two masts, the admiral’s flag is hoisted at the one which has no masthead semaphore. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z She could understand crawling for a hundred yards, head down and heels down, except as a waving foot might serve to semaphore her signals. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z And with that I told him of the semaphore and of what I had seen from the tower of St. Crispin. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z Crews were working through the night to repair intersection semaphores and power lines. Strong winter storm hits Utah, Idaho power, roads 2011-02-17T15:39:56Z The other occupant of the room was a tall, ungainly man, who moved with stiff motions, and swung his arms with the mechanical action of semaphore signals whenever exacted. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z However parades were held every day, and signalling and semaphore classes were kept going, which relieved the monotony a little. Two Years on Trek Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa 2011-01-26T03:00:28.560Z These little columns of neighbourly smoke were the semaphores by which the community kept itself advised that all was well, or nearly so. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z A signal post on the railway—semaphore you call it! A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z Tell him just to roll the ball out and not to rush about feinting and pointing and attempting complex tactical semaphores. Can Joe Hart save himself from the curse of the England keeper? 2011-01-22T00:08:01Z Stone generally stood back as Pardew issued a series of incomprehensible semaphore signals. Newcastle 3-1 Liverpool 2010-12-11T19:40:00Z Railroads then began to add colored disks to the opposite ends of the semaphore arm, illuminated by kerosene and then by electric lights. F.Y.I.: Subway Signal Design Originated in the 1840s 2010-05-15T00:32:00Z Jack and Jean, as usual, were with us at the time and from a corner where he was out of the range of Spoof's vision Jack was semaphoring me an improvised hush signal. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z There is no railway line where the semaphore is. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z The choice of J Crew semaphored two important messages. J Crew is coming 2010-03-30T21:00:00Z We cannot attach too much importance to this method of communication, if we remember that it is only within the last two centuries or so that the semaphore came into existence. Cathedral Cities of England “When semaphore arms disappeared and were substituted by electric lights, the relative position of the colored disks was kept,” Mr. Cabrera said in an e-mail message. F.Y.I.: Subway Signal Design Originated in the 1840s 2010-05-15T00:32:00Z In those days, too, it was a marvel that by means of semaphores it was possible to transmit a short message from London to Portsmouth in the course of an hour or so. The Salvaging Of Civilisation He has discovered a semaphore signal newly erected on a spur among the olive trees. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z They asked him what color light the station semaphore was showing, and Owsley said white—white as the moon. The Night Operator It seemed only a few seconds later that the 114red and green lights of a semaphore signal flashed up below them. The Girl Aviators and the Phantom Airship It is necessary for the crew of the car which first approaches a semaphore set at "danger," to get out, communicate with the dispatcher, and restore the signal to the "clear" position. Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. A semaphore was erected on the top of the palace as soon as it was taken, and messages, in accordance with a code of signals brought out by Kavanagh, were interchanged with the Residency. Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857-59 Including the relief, siege, and capture of Lucknow, and the campaigns in Rohilcund and Oude "All right, Mr. Brooke," I called back, "then I'll use semaphore." A Man in the Open He could see them, up and down, switch and semaphore, from the bay window of the station where he sat. The Night Operator One instant I saw the banker toss his arms like a semaphore; the next we were overborne. Where the Pavement Ends He does this by means of semaphores operated by telephone selectors over the telephone line. Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. Then he released the forefinger, and allowed the left arm to drop as if it had been a semaphore. Lord Stranleigh Abroad I bet five dollars I was the only semaphore signaler in our district, and lost it to Iron Dale, who learned signaling five years ago during the Riel rebellion. A Man in the Open In the increased light, the old man cast his lantern aside as useless and swung his arms as a semaphore. When the Cock Crows They were watching a destroyer coming into port, her decks lined with bluejackets, her three funnels belching oil-smoke, her semaphore working. Command On a steam road, the operators who give the train crews their orders and manipulate the semaphore signals are located at regular intervals in the different waystations. Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. In sailing-ship days the code was good enough; we had no need for Morse and semaphore. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war The engineer who drives his engine at sixty miles an hour, flashing by warning semaphores, rolling among coloured lights, clattering over frogs and switches, is no yokel. The Blue Goose Glasses, semaphore flags, that sun blinker you had. Frigid Fracas "He can't talk any more than a semaphore, and looks as sleepy as an owl." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, May 17, 1890. Well, about three o’clock of this afternoon, as I was about delivering my fifth load of goods, I happened to look up just as the semaphore arms hovered on the rise. Gold On receipt of certain advices he orders the arm of the semaphore to be thrown up against us. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war The semaphore system in use in the British navy was tried for a time aboard some of our vessels, but it never became popular, and has been abandoned. The Boys of '98 I told you I threw away your semaphore flags, your blinker—everything. Frigid Fracas He rushed round the table and touched bells here and there, which caused gates to close and open, semaphores to drop, and all sorts of things to happen. The Day of Sir John Macdonald A Chronicle of the First Prime Minister of the Dominion Atop this hill had been rigged a two-armed semaphore, which, one of the clerks told me, was used to signal the sight of ships coming in the Golden Gate. Gold On telegraphic advice the arm of the semaphore rattles down. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war If the submarine is running on the surface of the water the usual means of naval communication-flag signals, wig-wagging or the semaphore, can be employed. Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons The signal corps can use the telegraph key, semaphore, and flags almost as well as veterans, thanks to their training. The Boy Scouts on Belgian Battlefields Lounging round to the front of the station building he walked down the track to the foot of the semaphore, and flung the rusty lever over. The Law-Breakers Lancelot, as guest of honour, sat in front, and wagged his hand like a semaphore at all times and in all faces; he felt part policeman and part malefactor, which was just right. Love and Lucy Searching this glowing Moon surface, our little lights, the tiny local semaphore beams we had momentarily been using, could easily pass unnoticed. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 May 25th.—About noon we got under way and steamed up towards Port Adelaide, stopping for a time off the semaphore in order to visit the Japanese corvette 'Ryujo,' and the South Australian gunboat 'Protector.' The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' The last-named, which are twelve in number, are three feet in height, and are fully equipped with semaphores, lamps showing red, green, and white, platforms and ladders. The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 There at the triangular junction, where the connecting rod linked with the down-haul of the semaphore, the bolt had fallen out, and the whole thing was disconnected. The Law-Breakers The boy seized his semaphore flags and went out on to the spray-swept fore-deck, steadying himself against the fo'c'sle hatch cover. Submarine Warfare of To-day How the Submarine Menace was Met and Vanquished, With Descriptions of the Inventions and Devices Used, Fast Boats, Mystery Ships Regulation sizes of the semaphore 18 in. by 18 in. and the Morse or Myer flag 24 in. by 24 in. as shown in illustration. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 At the semaphore also a compact little township has been established, which boasts a mayor and corporation. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' The semaphore tower was shot to pieces and some sluices crippled. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War Half an hour ago he had lowered the semaphore, at least he had set the lever over, and now—now it was set against the train! The Law-Breakers Rifle and revolver practice was encouraged, and morse and semaphore signalling formed part of the daily routine. Submarine Warfare of To-day How the Submarine Menace was Met and Vanquished, With Descriptions of the Inventions and Devices Used, Fast Boats, Mystery Ships Elementary signaling: Know the semaphore, or American Morse, or Myer alphabet. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 The flashing lantern is superseded at night, flags and the semaphore by day, or, if these are retained, it is for services purely auxiliary. Little Masterpieces of Science: Invention and Discovery To give you an idea of the Corps at work, I offer you a picture of James and myself semaphoring to each other. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 18, 1914 Lyte, however, is equal to the occasion, and calls to the reading signallers "Tell the fool to semaphore!" From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the 1st Canadian brigade War news is signaled from ship to ship by semaphore flags by day. “Crumps”, The Plain Story of a Canadian Who Went Placing the telescope gently on the ground, Jake turned himself into a human semaphore, and gesticulated frantically with his arms. The Tale of Timber Town “Well, he swears that your 30 front signals were special at the curves and flashed green just as you neared the semaphore.” Ralph on the Overland Express The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer The signal-posts carrying the movable arms, or semaphores, by means of which the signalman communicates with the engine-driver, are well known to us. How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use Halyards on all sides of us broke out into brilliant bunting and semaphores wagged with a madness that even Lyte could not translate. From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the 1st Canadian brigade The semaphore code shown in the accompanying picture may also be employed by a person using two flags. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts It is only in clear weather that the semaphores can be made out from hill to hill.” By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson The bull’s eye target was the lantern pendant from the arm of the semaphore. Ralph on the Overland Express The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer To the left of the junction the home and distant signals are doubled, there being two semaphore arms on each post. How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use To hoist them on the semaphore, he must have had a code-book.” The Maids of Paradise The semaphore code is not adapted to as many uses as is the general service code, but for quick signalling over comparatively short distances, it is preferable in every way. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts About seventy-five per cent. of the men of the regiment could read the semaphore alphabet very readily. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders Then fairly up to the first station semaphore, he broke out with a cry so sharp and dismayed that young Clark echoed it in questioning excitement. Ralph on the Overland Express The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer Pewley Hill in his day stood naked to the wind, except for the semaphore and its buildings, and Cobbett deeply hated the semaphore. Highways and Byways in Surrey She ought to leave before the Fer-de-Lance sights the semaphore and reads the signal to land in force.” The Maids of Paradise The semaphore would serve only for short distances and then only when the boats were within sight of each other. El Diablo Our men, who were very good with semaphore signals, soon established a wireless connection with the shore and a very animated conversation was carried on between them all day. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders Besides that, Widener was only two miles ahead, 149 and the curves were so sharp and frequent that they could not catch the semaphore at any distance. Ralph on the Overland Express The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer Those absurd columns," the Princess replied, "might themselves serve as semaphores. Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) My signal was still set; the white arm of the semaphore glistened like silver against a brilliant sky of sapphire. The Maids of Paradise These were followed by a complete system of semaphore signals, near and distant, protecting all junctions, sidings, and crossings. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson Each company had been teaching all the men the semaphore code. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders Ralph calculated the distance to the semaphore, the distance of the train, and his heart failed him. Ralph on the Overland Express The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer Imagine a semaphore in the place of those monstrous and absurd columns—what are they, by the way? Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) Look, madame, can you see the lights on the semaphore?” The Maids of Paradise He lay down on the ground, himself, to move his arms in semaphore positions. Eight Keys to Eden This was the beginning of the semaphore telegraph, and science was laying hold of the Revolution. Lectures on the French Revolution Just beyond the semaphore was a symmetrical heap of bleached blocks of rock comprising a landmark guide for engineers. Ralph on the Overland Express The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer Some years ago, travelling in Algeria with an Arab guide, I put up for the night at an old semaphore station, where was a French soldier in charge. The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" “You will see how dangerous your situation is certain to become when Buckhurst is taken, and when it is understood what use you have made of the semaphore.” The Maids of Paradise His observer ship had also read the messages spelled out by the placement of naked bodies on the grass, and in the semaphore wavings of the Junior E's arms. Eight Keys to Eden They had been hard at work at signal practice, semaphoring, and acquiring speed in Morse signaling with flags, which makes wireless unnecessary when there are enough signalers, covering enough ground. The Boy Scout Fire Fighters or Jack Danby's Bravest Deed The conductor had expressed some gratifying expressions of appreciation from the passengers who had heard of Ralph’s thrilling feat at the semaphore. Ralph on the Overland Express The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer "Monsieur must ask the semaphore; my lips are sealed." A Village of Vagabonds I thought quietly for a moment, then asked the poacher whether there was a guard at the semaphore of Saint-Yssel. The Maids of Paradise One of their number worked the semaphore attached to the station. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War Often there was work to be done, in daylight by semaphore arms, or international flag code; and at night by morse lamps, carefully shaded. The Tale of a Trooper A sailor semaphored with his arms, and the commander of the mine-sweeper sent a message back, and the submarine passed slowly on her way. Some Naval Yarns "What about the Book of Proverbs?" our semaphore asked. Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories “I think,” said I, “that we had better try to do something at the semaphore if we are going to stop that train in time.” The Maids of Paradise "Fires burning one mile inland to north-west of coast-guard station," he semaphored. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War They are conveyed by flags, semaphores, balls, guns, lights, rockets, bells, horns, whistles, &c., and half a century since were carried on with incredible ability. 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 sailor expert signalman used his arms as semaphores, and an answer soon was received by our skipper. Some Naval Yarns "Your attention," his semaphore said, "is drawn to the Gospel according to St. Matthew, chapter 16, verse 23." Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories I’ll sell you the whole cursed semaphore for a hundred more! The Maids of Paradise From her after bridge a seaman was semaphoring vigorously. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War Above them, the semaphore dropped with a clang. Frank of Freedom Hill The Signal Boatswain had steadied his glass against a semaphore, and was studying something on the misty outskirts of the Fleet. The Long Trick Catching the light off the semaphore arm, he thrust it into the boy’s face. The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity The shining arm of the semaphore fell to a horizontal position and remained rigid; down came the signal flags, up went a red globe and two cones. The Maids of Paradise Half an hour later Bones was sending incomprehensible semaphore signals of farewell as the Wiggle slipped round the bend of the river. The Keepers of the King's Peace The last answering pendant from the Fleet shot up above the bridge rails, and the impatient semaphore on the Flagship's bridge commenced waving its arms. A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions An’ yonder an’ yonder!” he adds, pointing to other white puffs that shoot up along the shore like the telegraphy of a chain of semaphores. The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure A moment he paused to listen, then set off on the 17 run for the old yard semaphore, dimly discernible a hundred yards distant. The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity I had been flagging the Pigeonnier vigorously for ten minutes without result, when suddenly a dark dot appeared on the tower beneath the semaphore, then another. The Maids of Paradise Bones's long arms were waving at ungainly angles as he semaphored his warning. The Keepers of the King's Peace I wave and she hunches her shoulders up and down to semaphore, not wishing to take her hands out of her pockets. It’s like this, cat To the north it was possible to make out the arms of a semaphore lying idle. In Mesopotamia “Signalling father at the station, with the telegraph code,” said Alex as he replaced the lantern on the semaphore arm. The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity Above the Col du Pigeonnier the semaphore still glistened, but its signals now travelled eastward, and strange flags fluttered on its invisible halliards. The Maids of Paradise Toward four o'clock I left the office for the roundhouse, and got just about half-way across the yard when the wind veered like a scared semaphore. The Daughter of a Magnate It is proposed to erect semaphores for exchanging communications between the signal station and Bay Rock lighthouse, flag signals being frequently indistinguishable. Report on the Department of Ports and Harbours for the Year 1890-91 Maragon semaphored doubt by squeezing his eyebrows down in a scowl. Vigorish Quickly trimming the lantern wick, he lit it, with his handkerchief tied it to the semaphore arm, and turned it so that the bull’s-eye pointed toward the station. The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity We are ordered to display the semaphore at danger. The Maids of Paradise The train stopped at a junction semaphore and she heard Bucks' voice on the observation platform. The Daughter of a Magnate "Did you check out on semaphore in school?" Mercenary News traveled slowly, the semaphore telegraph was but slowly coming into use, and the fastest couriers rode from Nice to Paris or from Paris to Berlin in seven days. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) Again for a moment Alex quailed, then again went bravely on, while the old semaphore rocked and swayed as the enraged Italian threw himself at it and scrambled up toward him. The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity A week ago a dreadful creature came here to see Buckhurst; they went across the moor toward the semaphore and stood for a long while looking at the cruiser which is anchored off Groix. The Maids of Paradise He proceeded to give the required examinations in both the semaphore and the Morse codes, making them strict, as Miss Phillips had directed. The Girl Scouts' Good Turn Max was already in the front seat, his semaphore flags, maps and binoculars on his lap. Mercenary “You’re the fellow that read that semaphore message the other day, too, eh?” the officer said. Tom Slade on a Transport The weather became worse and worse, and threatened the Dream with a gale, which, had she been near the shore, would have been announced to her by the semaphores. Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery The telegraph station at the semaphore was a little, square, stone hut, roofed with slate, perched high on the cliffs. The Maids of Paradise I am going to ask Mr. Remington, the Boy Scoutmaster, to give the final test in the semaphore and Morse code, and every other requirement must be passed with the same thoroughness. The Girl Scouts' Good Turn Have a semaphore man posted here this afternoon. Mercenary Upon the nearest vessel a naval signaler was semaphoring to the Montauk—his movements jerky, clean-cut, perfect. Tom Slade on a Transport “Hear, hear, hear!” cried the men, and encouraged by this, Lenny began to wave his arm about and behave like a semaphore signalling to distant crews in his excitement. Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy Speed and the soldier Rolland saw me set the cones, hoist away, break out the flags on the halyards, and finally drop the white arm of the semaphore. The Maids of Paradise What is the meaning of these words: atavism; penumbra; semaphore; astigmatic; insouciance; mise-en-scene; kinetic? Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day He began to count off seconds, vigorously semaphoring his arm. The Creature from Cleveland Depths Enviously Tom watched him, thinking of his own semaphore work at Temple Camp. Tom Slade on a Transport The appointed day arrived, and my smoking semaphores announced the brigantine’s approach to Sugarei, three miles from Cape Mount. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver When he received an answering wave of the arm from Ned he delightedly began sending a message by means of the well-known semaphore code. Boy Scouts Mysterious Signal or Perils of the Black Bear Patrol Here was also a signal-station, communicating by a semaphore with a telegraph station on the opposite Luzon coast, and thence by wire with Manila. The Philippine Islands He whipped a pancake phone from under his coat, clapped it over his face and spoke fiercely but inaudibly into it, continuing to semaphore. The Creature from Cleveland Depths Upon the Montauk’s nearest neighbor the naval signalman was semaphoring, and he watched abstractedly. Tom Slade on a Transport No. You aren't a copycat or a semaphore or a relay any longer. Masters of Space He had had no orders to practise semaphore signalling. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 12, 1916 Now that he was beginning to comprehend their use, he was deeply interested in the bright red, green, and white lights of the semaphore signals that guarded every switch and siding. Cab and Caboose The Story of a Railroad Boy The demireps of the deadline had been banished over the Klondike, where, in a colony reached by a crazy rope bridge, their red lights gleamed like semaphores of sin. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance Just before dark they semaphored over from the Dorrilton that they could spare the second steward for duty on the Montauk. Tom Slade on a Transport Near the lighthouse and semaphore a paved path, marked with the stations of the cross, leads to a chapel. Riviera Towns A portable semaphore stiffly flapped its arms as they looked, no doubt signalling their coming to other and more distant posts. Patsy It was strange to roll heavily through sleeping towns, where the only signs of life were the bright lights of the stations, and the twinkling red, green or white semaphore lights at the switches. Cab and Caboose The Story of a Railroad Boy "We shall see," says he, noddin' to one of his staff, who proceeds to do a semaphore act with his arms. The House of Torchy In performing this last operation Sam locked all the semaphores, and so rendered his part of the line absolutely impregnable. The Iron Horse And then, with one white arm, she began to semaphore. Tarrano the Conqueror The old semaphore of Telegraph Hill would have worn itself out signaling sidewheel steamers had it still been in operation. A Wounded Name Sometimes, when I was working among the rocks, I would suddenly descry her on the banks of the Falaise like a semaphore signal. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 1 Boule de Suif and Other Stories First, atop of the dockyard semaphore; and then the flagship and the old Victory, both of ’em, blaze out in bunting; while now the Saint Vincent joins in at the game of ‘follow-my-leader.’ Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy The working of the semaphore signals, which are familiar to most people as tall posts with projecting moveable arms, is accomplished by the mechanical action of the “levers” before mentioned. The Iron Horse And again, with slow-moving white arms she began to semaphore. Tarrano the Conqueror That gunboat’s semaphore is at work again, and I feel curious to know what it is that she wants to say. The Cruise of the Thetis A Tale of the Cuban Insurrection It is called the Semaphore system—like the semaphore block signals of railroads. Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies We mastered every kind of signaling from semaphore to wireless, and we nearly wore out the old Roman stone roads hiking all the way from Hythe to Canterbury. The Emma Gees He had been waving his hands in another spacious gesture, and he remained frozen with outstretched arms, like a semaphore. Jill the Reckless Instruction in army signalling by wigwag and semaphore was started whenever a squad or two could be spared from the routine of detail. The Delta of the Triple Elevens The History of Battery D, 311th Field Artillery US Army, American Expeditionary Forces The cruiser having acknowledged the “call”, the Tiburon’s semaphore began spelling out a message, each letter of which Jack read off and called out as it was signalled. The Cruise of the Thetis A Tale of the Cuban Insurrection We leave you on the lonely shore;— You wave your hands for evermore, A bleak, disgusted semaphore, Marie! Rhymes of the East and Re-collected Verses This last duel was fought near the Admiralty semaphore erected in 1796, the site of which is indicated by the Telegraph Inn immediately behind Wildcroft. Hammersmith, Fulham and Putney The Fascination of London It is this ultimate and completing part of the action which the Hawaiian woman adopts as her semaphore of assent. Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula The day was spent in semaphoring to the various transports and learning what troops each quartered. The Delta of the Triple Elevens The History of Battery D, 311th Field Artillery US Army, American Expeditionary Forces “Now, keep your eye on the gunboat’s semaphore, Jack; we shall probably get a little further interesting information presently.” The Cruise of the Thetis A Tale of the Cuban Insurrection Some passion of want, some sheer intensity of feeling, had found and used its warning semaphore. Phantom Wires A Novel And other Highness, I was to make you know from the gardener, one fox have bin catched in a trap on the way to eat the rabbits of the semaphore. The Guests Of Hercules He lifted both his arms in a semaphore movement, which he continued until it seemed as if his physical mechanism had escaped from the control of his brain. The Way of Ambition The battery in general was also put through a strenuous course in the use of the semaphore and the wigwag. The Delta of the Triple Elevens The History of Battery D, 311th Field Artillery US Army, American Expeditionary Forces They did not, however, for the gunboat’s semaphore remained dumb. The Cruise of the Thetis A Tale of the Cuban Insurrection On the other side he felt a coarse curtain, and where the semaphore stood, appeared a perpendicular bar of dim light. Double Trouble Or, Every Hero His Own Villain The one in the middle on the tallest camel made a signal with a long strip of cloth waved like a semaphore against the moonlight. The Lion of Petra This man, having gone outside, had observed a small party of Union troops on the Maryland side of the river who were making semaphore signals to somebody on the Virginia side. Rebel Raider Searching this glowing Moon surface, our tiny local semaphore beams would certainly pass unnoticed. Brigands of the Moon Only this is as far in advance of wireless telegraphy, as telegraphy is in advance of the semaphore. Caves of Terror She is confronted by an endless succession of Dead Man's Hills, each equipped with telescopes, semaphores, alarm gongs, wireless. Damn! A Book of Calumny "Not a nutshell," said I. "Could not you go by telegraph?" said Frank, pointing up to the dumb old semaphore in whose tower he had established himself. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. The engineer put a silk-capped head out of the cab window and looked back at the station-master, who began to work his arms like a semaphore telegraph. A Pair of Patient Lovers His red helmet light semaphored the command to follow him. Brigands of the Moon On railway lines provided with electro-semaphores there may be used for this purpose those small apparatus that have been styled semaphore repeaters. Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882 Crossing the sound was a swift revenue cutter, and one of the seamen, under direction from Mr. Mudge, leaped upon a bowlder and began to signal, semaphore fashion. Navy Boys Behind the Big Guns Sinking the German U-Boats There was the clank-clank of the semaphores, and suddenly two bursting, answering blasts that hid the huge funnels in a cloud of feathery white. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908 He surveyed me now with a twinkle in his eyes, his yellow jaws as shiny-shaven as of old; his arms as much like a semaphore. Romance It is said that these lights are seen more easily than semaphore arms under all circumstances and that they show two or three times as far as the latter during a snow-storm. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization On the elevated structure, semaphore signals of the usual type are used. The New York Subway Its Construction and Equipment The semaphore's up, and there's a clear track ahead.' The Parts Men Play The second officer leaped again to the semaphores. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908 "If you mean that an enthusiast might start semaphoring unexpectedly in a confined space and get his neighbour in the eye, I may say that I have thought of it," I answered. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 14, 1917 They would be as unintelligible as the wild clicks of his instrument, in an electric storm, would be to the telegrapher, or as the semaphore, driven by wind, to the signalist. Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-1880, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 263-552 Signal flags had been brought along; and a class in semaphore work proved that some of the members of the troop were making rapid progress along that line. The Banner Boy Scouts Or, The Struggle for Leadership At Durban the first thing we saw was a girl in white semaphoring like mad from the rocks. "Over There" with the Australians At Curtis Street the traffic officer was semaphoring with energetic gesture the east and west bound vehicles to be on their way. Tangled Trails A Western Detective Story If the express had not passed the semaphore she might yet be stopped. A Lover in Homespun And Other Stories Between ships and the land there are used what are called semaphore signals, which are made by means of a mast provided with three arms and a disk placed at the upper part. Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885 Under the same guidance he moulded the steam engine, the typewriter, shorthand, the semaphore, and all kinds of signals. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar At one point they were allowed to stand with a semaphore and hold up the crowd, not allowing anyone to pass who could not show a certain number of tags from the various booths. School, Church, and Home Games A rough description of semaphore, too, was constructed on the highest point of the building, by means of which we were able to communicate with the Residency. Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief Then turning to me: 'What a blessing it was that you kept your head and signalled us with the red light; for I had just passed under the semaphore when the arm rose. A Lover in Homespun And Other Stories His presence was only discovered through the erratic movements of the hands of the church clock, which he was using to signal his friends by an improvised semaphore code. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 Send and receive a message either in semaphore or Morse, sixteen letters per minute. Outdoor Sports and Games Mr. Pritchett proposes that his apparatus shall give external evidence outside the house by ringing a gong, and by dropping a semaphore arm released by an electromagnet. Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884. They were just returning from these festivities and were negotiating the last cross-roads of the Sharia Abbas when a native policeman, waving his arm like a semaphore, stepped into the slowly-moving stream of traffic. The Hawk of Egypt The semaphore was nearly a quarter of a mile from the station, and the arm was down. A Lover in Homespun And Other Stories These hieroglyphics contain a secret message which can be easily read by those who know the semaphore signalling code. My Adventures as a Spy Signaller: A scout must pass tests in both sending and receiving in semaphore and Morse signalling by flag, not fewer than twenty-four letters per minute. Outdoor Sports and Games In the daytime the movable arms of the semaphore indicate by their horizontal, oblique, or vertical position whether the tracks are clear. Psychology and Industrial Efficiency To the east, behind the white semaphore on the hills, black clouds crowded up over the horizon. Famous Modern Ghost Stories A few more steps and the lever that worked the semaphore was in my hands. A Lover in Homespun And Other Stories We hear of them dressed in plain clothes as peasants, and signalling with coloured lights, with puffs of smoke from chimneys, and by using the church clock hands as semaphores. My Adventures as a Spy At crossroads and road forks semaphore W.W. and I will indicate the direction. Military Instructors Manual This 'telegraph' was a system of visual signalling by semaphore, much the same as that which Wellington had used along the lines of Torres Vedras. The War With the United States : A Chronicle of 1812 Plantation House was also the centre of the semaphores of the island. The Life of Napoleon I (Complete) I quickly released the wire which held down the distant semaphore arm. A Lover in Homespun And Other Stories For example: The semaphore sign for N consists of both arms pointing downwards at an angle of 90 degrees ^. My Adventures as a Spy Wig Wag.—Time spent: Same as semaphore course. Military Instructors Manual In Bouniceau's "Marine Constructions" we find a curious figure, a sort of open framework of clumsy form anchored in a singular manner, and surmounted by rooms for watchmen, semaphores, posts for the shipwrecked, etc. Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884 Three kinds," Don explained; "telegraph, semaphore, and Morse. Don Strong, Patrol Leader Back of it is the chancellerie, or military and civil office, with a flag-staff and semaphore for signalling vessels in the harbor. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life At times they came close together; but at other times as, for instance, when I was semaphoring, they were very far apart. The Sunny Side In both wig wag and semaphore instruction the same plan should be followed as in teaching a foreign language; i.e., confine all communication to the medium under study. Military Instructors Manual A single policeman, with his back turned to them, and his two arms going like an animated semaphore, was the only human being in their immediate vicinity. The Firm of Girdlestone Don dodged the question and demanded that Bobbie show him how he was progressing with his semaphore. Don Strong, Patrol Leader There are several watch towers, from which a semaphore telegraph signals the existence of fire. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life At the same station in August 1869 a nest of young Mynas was reared above the hinge of the semaphore signal at the railway-station. The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Lanterns can be used at night for semaphoring. Military Instructors Manual Six skis waved like semaphores in the air. The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns Searchlights had been semaphoring over more than one town they had passed, but not until they had come over Dusseldorf did any of the Hun eyes from below see them. The Brighton Boys with the Flying Corps Blue chins, and sympathy expressed by semaphore action, in the good old time-honoured fashion. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, November 1, 1890 Telegraph Hill and its semaphore and time-ball were features of business life. A Backward Glance at Eighty Recollections & comment It is easy to say "just learn the semaphore," but to learn it quickly and well is another matter. Military Instructors Manual At 9 a.m. on the 20th of October the semaphores of the Bahama Channel signalled thick smoke on the horizon. The Moon-Voyage A small green flag waved; arms waved like semaphores. The Pretty Lady Certainly a horse would have been quite visible, but there was no hint of guns, except a semaphore which announced it was forbidden to pass that way, as the battery was firing. France at War On the Frontier of Civilization A semaphore is frequently substituted for the wig-wag flags both on land and on sea. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty The semaphore is a quicker means of communication than the wig wag; but the wig wag can be used in a prone position under shelter. Military Instructors Manual The railway signal now in use is a form of semaphore. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge Angus hastily semaphored to Mucklewame to hold his men in check for the present. All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand With knees on the shake, and arms shrinking, He scrambles about on the slippery floor, Like a toper at large, or a mad semaphore, Half wishing he hadn't gone rinking. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, July 26, 1890 Had they been easily discouraged we might still be dependent upon the semaphore and the pony express for the transmission of news. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty In both the semaphore and the wig wag men should be taught the conventional signals used in field work. Military Instructors Manual There was no possibility of making a mistake, because you could see the semaphore from anywhere, and you would know when you got to the town because the road stopped there. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 25, 1919 The edifice is surmounted by a spherical cupola that serves as a base to a semaphore provided with masts and rigging. Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887 I went near the ship and semaphored directions for her to get to this place as soon as she could, using steam if necessary. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I He was told that the semaphore was all that was required for communication. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty Instructing.—This plan of teaching the semaphore will be found very helpful, for it helps to reason out the alphabet for the student. Military Instructors Manual Telegraph Hill: From the top of this height flags and semaphores signaled the approach of ships with the Argonauts in the early days. Fascinating San Francisco I marked it as I passed Waving svelte arms beneath the kindly sun As if it semaphored to its own shade That answered from the grass. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 31, 1917 A thunderous tremolo, dominating the distant band music, thrilled on the still air, and the extended arm of the station semaphore with its two dangling lanterns wagged twice. The Grafters Navy semaphores on big war-ships consist of arms ten or twelve feet long mounted at the masthead. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty The alphabet should be learned first according to the same general plan as in the semaphore; i.e., the key letters to certain combinations should first be learned. Military Instructors Manual Two hundred yards distant Charlie Benton rose on a stump and semaphored with his arms. Big Timber A Story of the Northwest Like a semaphore the left arm dropped, and the right arm, with the forefinger pointed, shot out at President Ham. Somewhere in France The two trains to be met were found snugly withdrawn on the sidings at Mavero and Agriculta, and the station semaphores beckoned the flying special past at full speed. The Grafters The semaphore as a means of communication was extensively used on land commercially as well as by the army. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty The terrier semaphored complete approbation with its tail stump and even the pig made enthusiastic noises. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, Jan. 8, 1919 I do not find that Professor Henry anywhere makes a claim which trenches upon your claim of first using the electro-magnet for writing or printing at a distance—the telegraph as distinguished from the semaphore. Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume II This was, of course, a semaphore by means of which visual signals were made. Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume I. These inventions led to his being made, in 1846, a member of a commission in Berlin for the introduction of electric telegraphs instead of semaphores. Heroes of the Telegraph A regular semaphore telegraph system, working in relays over considerable distances was in operation in France a century ago. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty On the 10th of October, at nine A.M., the semaphores of the Bahama Canal signaled a thick smoke on the horizon. From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon The term "telegraph" in those days included semaphores and other visual appliances, and, in fact, anything by which intelligence could be transmitted to a distance. Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume II Sometimes, when I was working among the rocks, I would suddenly descry her on the banks of the Falaise standing like a semaphore signal. Selected Writings of Guy De Maupassant In 1806, Ralph Wedgwood submitted a telegraph based on frictional electricity to the Admiralty, but was told that the semaphore was sufficient for the country. Heroes of the Telegraph The men walked back to the office in grim silence, and took turns in watching with a glass the arms of the semaphore, three miles below, at the narrow opening of the bay. Soldiers of Fortune Directly ahead of him rose a semaphore, placed at a point where evidently a derailing switch branched from the line. The Octopus : A story of California In 1846, one Dr. Barbay, a semaphore enthusiast, memorably uttered an early version of what might be called "the security expert's argument" against the open media. The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier The Cryptic's boat was already at that cruiser's side, and semaphores flicked zealously from ship to ship. Traffics and Discoveries From the rear of the car an orange and black pennant—Votes for Women—stiffened out like a semaphore against the breeze. The Sturdy Oak A composite Novel of American Politics by fourteen American authors A second dripping rag answered it from the semaphore in front of the Custom-House, and MacWilliams laughed nervously and shut the glass. Soldiers of Fortune They had meant to smash him here; had been clever enough, quick-witted enough to open the switch, but had forgotten the automatic semaphore that worked simultaneously with the movement of the rails. The Octopus : A story of California For the semaphore, and when day was out the beacon-lights, had glowed along the backbone of the English hills, and England called every Englishman to show what he was made of. Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War He kept one arm going like a semaphore. Tropic Days The driver saw the fall of those proper semaphores which gave him liberty to speak to his steel friend. Men, Women, and Boats His sensitive upper lip spoke, and his sneering nostrils; his twitchy ears told his thoughts as truly as semaphores; his clear eyes under sagacious white lashes transmitted emotions I could not fail to comprehend. My Tropic Isle The semaphore's arm was dropped over the track, setting the danger signal that showed the switch was open. The Octopus : A story of California Charity saw their semaphores at work, but Mrs. Neff was blind—blind, but not speechless. We Can't Have Everything For use with General Service Code or semaphore hand flags. . . . . . . . .-- Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Infantry of the Army of the United States, 1917 To be used by Engineer companies (dismounted) and Coast Artillery companies for Infantry instruction and training From London to Crew, the stern arm of the semaphore never made the train pause even for an instant. Men, Women, and Boats At times they came close together; but at other times, as, for instance, when I was semaphoring, they were very far apart. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, September 5, 1917 I dodged a good many, and by dint of waving his arms like a semaphore the chairman succeeded, not in restoring peace, but in moderating the noise. The Reminiscences of Sir Henry Hawkins (Baron Brampton) The agent walked up the track and put out the semaphore lights, for the sun was beginning to rise over the hills. Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation Then he uttered a shout of rapture, and began to wave his arms like a semaphore. Tales of St. Austin's He had been waving his hands in another spacious gesture, and he remained frozen with out-stretched arms, like a semaphore. The Little Warrior Thanks to the clearness of the atmosphere and the facility with which the semaphores did their work that morning, the Admiralty learnt the news within seven minutes. The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore Then he semaphored directions to Pennell, and on the following morning the ship worked her way along the ice-edge to the spot that had been chosen. The Voyages of Captain Scott : Retold from the Voyage of the Discovery and Scott's Last Expedition “Whistle ‘Help’ by Morse—if they don’t answer, try semaphore with your shirt; if that don’t get them you’ll have to hoof it. Tom Slade : Boy Scout of the Moving Pictures Then, over the light- house—on the outermost line depending from the southern yard- arm of the semaphore—a big black ball suddenly runs up like a spider climbing its own thread…. Two Years in the French West Indies The railroad introduced the semaphore as a signal, and field tactics the heliograph or reflecting mirror which, however, is only of service when there is a strong sunlight. Marvels of Modern Science We had a telephone system and semaphores, and ran on orders just like a real train. The Ne'er-Do-Well The principle of the semaphore was well known, and Belgium, with its numerous windmills, would seem to be furnished with natural semaphores. Through the Magic Door Roy did not know whether it had been done by Morse whistling or by semaphore. Tom Slade : Boy Scout of the Moving Pictures We rigged three sledges for man-haulage and brought the seals about two miles, the sledging parties being guided among the ridges and pools by semaphore from the crow’s-nest. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition But of this I was uninformed, and when I descried her in the midst of the field I waved my arms like a semaphore against the sky. Revolution, and Other Essays Pawson was on the curbstone, his face shining, his semaphore arms and legs in action, his eyes searching the distance, when the two vehicles came in sight. Kennedy Square He threw up his arm, semaphore fashion, first to this point of the compass and then to that, and traffic halted instantly. Europe Revised Switches, semaphores, and signal towers stood here and there. The Pit It was during this short run that the captain, with semaphore hard-a-port, shouted to the scientist at the wheel: “Why in Paradise don’t you port!” South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition Whenever we thus came to grief, Lizzie would stop, turn round, and wave her arms about like a semaphore, indicative of impatience, contempt mingled with pity and warning. Australian Search Party It was nearly five o'clock in the afternoon of that lucky Friday, when the semaphore by the lighthouse in Morro Castle signaled to the people of Havana that a fleet had been sighted. Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom Hear the clatter as we pass the semaphores and switch lights! Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town Sylvia was taken through the hospital and the workshops, shown the semaphores, and shut up by Maurice in a "dark cell". For the Term of His Natural Life The carpenter had rigged a six-foot wooden semaphore on the bridge to enable the navigating officer to give the seamen or scientists at the wheel the direction and the exact amount of helm required. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition There he set the semaphore to flag the east-bound train from Duluth. The Blazed Trail When the first signal came from the semaphore station a British schooner which was in the harbor put to sea. Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom However, there is now one gain at least: with my semaphore I can send through the Blue Mountains from side to side, with expedition, secrecy, and exactness, a message comprehensible to all. The Lady of the Shroud On the summit of the hill which overlooked the guard-towers of the settlement was a gigantic gum-tree stump, upon the top of which was placed a semaphore. For the Term of His Natural Life Crane walked to the crest and stood there as sharply outlined as a semaphore, observing the enemy’s lines, and instantly bringing upon himself and us the fire of many Mausers. Notes of a War Correspondent It denoted at first a system of semaphores, or tall poles with movable arms, and other signaling apparatus, set within sight of one another. The Age of Invention : a chronicle of mechanical conquest He could look along the deserted length of Montgomery Street to the heights of Telegraph Hill and its long-disused semaphore. The Three Partners I shall rig up a semaphore on the top of the Castle which can be seen for an enormous distance around. The Lady of the Shroud The intelligence, transmitted by the ever-active semaphore, reached the Commandant in the midst of dinner, and in his agitation he blurted it out. For the Term of His Natural Life He was prudent enough to resist the temptation to follow them, and accepted the post of semaphore keeper,—the first work offered him,—which the meanest immigrant, filled with dreams of gold, would have scorned. Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation By the significant irony of Fate, even the old-time semaphore that should have signaled her was abandoned and forgotten. The Crusade of the Excelsior Every last one of them, semaphore, lamp code, Marconi--a copy, mind you, not the original. His Last Bow I shall get by semaphore what details are known. The Lady of the Shroud One afternoon ever-active semaphores transmitted a piece of intelligence which set the peninsula agog. For the Term of His Natural Life But she kept her eyes on the semaphore; it seemed to her the next thing to seeing him,—this man she was beginning to love. Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation Like a semaphore the left arm dropped, and the right arm, with the fore-finger pointed, shot out at President Ham. Billy and the Big Stick Her speech was curt, and her movements had the stiff precision of a semaphore. At the Sign of the Cat & Racket But an instant after came a calm so dread that we knew before the semaphore had begun to work that there was bad news in store for us. The Lady of the Shroud The semaphore at Signal Hill had stopped working. For the Term of His Natural Life He corrected this mistake of her eager haste to show her intelligence, and, taking the telescope, pointed out the other semaphore,—a thin black outline on a distant inland hill. Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation The semaphore signal dropped and the electric locomotive started as quietly as a baby going to sleep! Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive, or, Two Miles a Minute on the Rails "It is a semaphore, sir; I see it quite distinctly." Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space The arms of the semaphore whirled in a way that made the young priest stare. The Lady of the Shroud At the Coal Mines was the northernmost of that ingenious series of semaphores which rendered escape almost impossible. For the Term of His Natural Life In the early days of the Californian immigration, on the extremest point of the sandy peninsula, where the bay of San Francisco debouches into the Pacific, there stood a semaphore telegraph. Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation The arms of the semaphore at the settlement were, in fact, gesticulating with comical vehemence. For the Term of His Natural Life At that distance the police boat could not detect whether the semaphore's arms were extended to perfect right angles for the mail steamer, or if the left arm slightly deflected for a coasting steamer. Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation The sun was painting the black arms of the semaphore as she toiled over the last stretch of sand and knocked loudly at the door. Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation This semaphore communicated with the two wings of the prison—Eaglehawk Neck and the Coal Mines—by sending a line of signals right across the peninsula. For the Term of His Natural Life "I jess was looking at that thing," she said bashfully, pointing to the semaphore. Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation If the police boat should chance to see that haze too, and saw no warning signal from the semaphore, they would suspect something. Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation Jarman briefly explained to her the movements of the semaphore arms and their different significance. Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation He turned without offering his hand and ran hurriedly in the direction of the semaphore. Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation The boasted semaphore had failed this time, at all events. For the Term of His Natural Life Of his own contiguity she had evidently taken no thought, believing him safely housed in his cabin beside the semaphore. Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation |
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