Definitionn. a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen
Last update: June 8, 2015
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The boatswain whom I know is not financially sound. [Please select]
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But now when the boatswain calls all hands to lighten her; when boxes, bales, and jars are clattering overboard; when the wind is shrieking, and the men are yelling, and every plank thunders with trampling feet right over Jonah's head; in all this raging tumult, Jonah sleeps his hideous sleep. [Please select]
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Did I ever tell you the story of our boatswain's mate. [Please select]
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By this time it was twelve o'clock, and Boatswain Peaks piped all hands to muster.' [Please select]
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The second lieutenant stood on the forecastle, where he was attended by the boatswain. [Please select]
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"There goes the boatswain's whistle, piping to muster," said Monroe. [Please select]
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"I don't think I ought to obey the boatswain's call." [Please select]
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"Gently, my sweet lamb," said the boatswain, with affected tenderness. [Please select]
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Peake, the boatswain, should take turns in observing the course and management of the vessel. [Please select]
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There's only one way to push such things, and he's as ignorant of it as a boatswain in the marine cavalry. [Please select]
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He himself took no repose, sharing the hardships his men were enduring, never failing to come on deck, as they did, at the sound of the boatswain's pipe. [Please select]
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