I know he had the book of divination, and could make the Devil do whatever he chose by its means.
The gangway was drawn ashore, the boatswains whistle sounded, and the steersmen leapt to their niches in the stern, grasping the shafts of the great steering-oars.
And between the two lines of rowers ran the bridge, and on it stood two boatswains (comiti) armed with long whips, which they laid on to the bare backs of the rowers with merciless severity.
As the flock of Gulls moved on with the flow of the tide, the Boatswains moved on also, hovering on their flank like a pair of plundering freebooters.
Between the two lines of benches ran a narrow raised platform, and along this two boatswains walked, whip in hand, to keep the rowers up to their work, and to visit severely any attempt at shirking the forced duties of their unhappy position.
His excellency wanted quicker progress to be made, so theboatswains commenced to chant a rude song as they walked up and down, and called on the rowers to keep time to the swing of the tune.
When noon came, still in deep silence, they issued from the harbour in single file, each crew rowing gently without noise or splash, or a word spoken, either by the boatswains or by anyone else.
The boatswains of the yard took charge of the stores and tackle under the orders of a master shipwright.
The boatswains of ships were the caretakers of the vessels at the moorings.
Much larger quantities of cable were used than were necessary, and so soon as any part was slightly damaged, the boatswains were allowed to take the whole as "old mucks" and "brown paper stuff.
The two boatswains stood aloof encouraging their respective parties; while the doctor and Tidy, who attempted to act the part of pacificators, were knocked over, the Irishman narrowly escaping being thrown into the sea.
Their fate for a time had the effect of sobering the rest; and the doctor, in the hope of keeping them at peace, advised that the two boatswains should together serve out the beef, and see that their countrymen had equal shares.
The doctor started up, when he saw the two boatswains standing facing each other at the further end of the raft.
The boatswains were ordered to place themselves at the heads of parties with ladders to scale the walls, and crowbars to break open the gates.
The hoarse commands ceased--the boatswains and their mates laid aside their calls, and the echoing midshipmen no longer found orders to repeat.
It would be robbing the boatswains of no small part of their duty, were the punishments to be sent out of the different vessels," answered Cuffe, smiling.
There are neither three captains nor three boatswains to a ship, Master Strand.
The professors of hydrography were detained to assist at the examinations of captains, boatswains and coxswains.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "boatswains" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
