It meant visiting another ship or being visited by the afterguard of a whaler.
Every man of the crew and afterguard got safely into two boats.
Anything but a crew that'll turn on the afterguard that they've signed on for to obey!
Others get into the afterguardwith one, two, three, and a jump!
At that he burst out cursing, and consigned the ship and all her afterguard to the Evil One.
But the stiffs' fear of the afterguard became so great they were like cornered rats.
Their common hatred and fear of the afterguard fused them into a unit.
If I sang out and informed the watch, the afterguard would reach me and squelch my voice long before my mates could lay aft.
They were just as convinced as the rest of the stiffs that the afterguard had suddenly become afraid of the foc'sle.
For Lynch, she was certain, would make common cause with the rest of the afterguard against any uprising forward.
You must understand the callous indifference of the afterguard to realize its effect upon the foc'sle.
I tell you, Newman, the afterguard is awake and waiting; the Old Man is afraid of trouble.
The following day all the afterguard were turned on to shift coal.
All the afterguard turned out and the pumps were vigorously shaken up,--sickening work as only a dribble came out.
When this had been reduced to about a foot in the well, the ship was practically dry, and the afterguard free to bathe and go to breakfast.
It was a sociable ship as far as theafterguard was concerned.
Men openly sharpened their knives, and theafterguard ostentatiously showed their pistols.
And further, it would be well to be near the afterguard in whatever troubles that were sure to arise under such circumstances in the days to come.
In reply, we of the afterguard pointed out that it was our chance for life that was doubled did we but bear with the half-pound ration.
In the daytime the afterguard were never idle; there is always plenty to do in a sailing ship, and when not attending to their special duties the scientists were kept working at everything that helped the show along.
The Wicked Mate generally had all the afterguard under the hose before breakfast, as washing water was scarce and the allowance meagre on such a protracted voyage.
Nearly all the afterguard slept on the upper deck that night, and, but for the dismal roar of the swell breaking on the rocks and the heavy rolling of the "Terra Nova," we spent quite a comfortable night.
Victor Campbell was christened the "Wicked Mate," and he shepherded and fathered the afterguard delightfully.
Several snow petrels and a skua-gull made attempts to secure the fish, but the afterguard kept up such a chorus of cheers, hoots and howls that the birds were scared away till one of us secured the fish from the floe.
We therefore knocked the afterguard off bailing, and the seamen worked steadily at the pump until 9 a.
Meanwhile I told the afterguard off into watches, and, relieving every two hours, they set to work, formed a chain at the engine room ladder way and bailed the ship out with buckets.
Even as the Gatoon's afterguard was bending over Ahern's twisted corpse in the engine room, a shadowy form slipped into the radio shack, abaft the galley.
The Afterguard worked on the quarterdeck and helped with the mainyard.
The Forecastlemen The Foretopmen The Maintopmen The Mizentopmen The Gunners {13} The Afterguard The Royal Marines The Idlers The Forecastlemen were most experienced seamen.
However, the fact that the theft was discovered soon became painfully evident, for we had a visit from the afterguard in force one afternoon, and Abner with his brewage was haled to the quarter-deck.
It may be added that in contradistinction to the nicknames of Skipper conferred upon Evans, and Mate on Campbell, Scott himself was known among the afterguard as The Owner.
I took the first turn last night; the remainder of the afterguard follow in rotation.
Members of the afterguard who were not mathematically trained plunged into the very practical study of how to work out observations.
When there is anything to be done, such as making or shortening sail, digging ice from floes for the water supply, or heaving up the sounding line, it goes without saying that all the afterguard turn out to do it.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "afterguard" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
