The eyes of the passengers were fixed upon the derelict, the eyes of the cockswain were fixed on both alternately, with suspicious glances at the lads.
I engaged cabin passage on the steamer to St. Louis, as did a few other discharged soldiers, among them Sergeant John Brown of my company, whom I had first met as cockswain of the Governor's Island barge.
He pointed to him as the stern of the boat rose on a billow; and he proved to be the person towards whom the cockswain was steering the boat.
The boat pulled six oars, and the cockswain made seven hands.
Watching for the favorable moment, he gave the order to the cockswain and bowman to lower away, with the aid of the oarsmen near them.
The cockswain shoved off the stern of the boat, the oars dropped into the water, and the men gave way.
With these the cutter wad quickly swung out, and the crew took their places in her, the bowman at the forward tackle, and the cockswain at the after.
But a Yankee sailor is a hard man to kill--in three weeks cockswain James was at his post again.
And we will back the cockswain to any amount, though he was then only fifteen, and probably did not weigh more than five stone.
Meanwhile, the cockswain has liberty to roam about where he pleases.
As we were bounding along, the cockswain suddenly cried "Oars!
The barge is ordered out to the booms, and deep night is waited for, ere the cockswain essays to snatch the bottles from the keg.
This the cockswain took away, contrary to an order, which had been made very public, on no account to touch a canoe, or any thing belonging to a native, and towed it to the bay where they had been cutting rushes.
On discovering this theft, the cockswain pursued a canoe with two men in it as far as a small island that lay just by, where the natives landed, leaving the canoe at the rocks.
I jumped up, and running out of the tent, saw the cockswain standing like a nautical statue, motionless, gazing upwards, and with a stick grasped firmly in his hand.
The pilot says, my Lord, that she is so, and looking for her husband," thecockswain answered.
Four men sprung into her, and the cockswain took his seat aft; and received, beside the cushions for the seat and back-board, the empty basket of the Norwegian girl.
Rowing the boat to the spot, the cockswain and his messmate used their whole strength to pull the animal on board, its dimensions not being contemptible.
The cockswain kept his eye on the rock, and, every now and then, hinted to me the course I should steer; for I had taken the tiller.
Put your helm to starboard, your Honour," said the cockswain to me in a quiet voice, "and bring her head right round.
No, my Lord; let them be," replied the cockswain with as much excitement in his face and manner, as if we had been bombarding a strong citadel.
The midshipman, finding it of no avail to continue the parley, told his cockswain to go aloft and "dowse the pennant and leave it in the cross-trees.
Occasionally Vincent had raised his hand over his head, and then dropped it to his left, indicating to the officer in command that the sounds came from farther to the southward, and the cockswain was directed to change the course.
Vincent acted as cockswain of the boat, while the Russian, as most of the officers and men insisted upon calling him, was seated in the stern sheets with the third lieutenant.
And after that Cockswain Ham and his gallant crew came aboard, and the life-boat was hoisted up on deck.
Cockswain Ham, and with a strong pull and a loud "Yo-ho!
Once your master, now your servant," answered the cockswain with a watchword of his own invention.
You heard the ominous prognostic of my cockswain on the weather, and I am forced to add my own testimony to his opinion.
Drill, who had sense enough remaining to apprehend the displeasure of his officer, should the latter discover his condition, quickened his departure, and the cockswain soon found himself alone with the captain.
At this moment of appalling apprehension, the cockswain exhibited the calmest resignation.
I shall send my cockswain with you to the abbey, and you will either return with him, in person, within two hours, or give Mr. Griffith and Captain Manual to his guidance.
Without waiting for a reply, the cockswain reared his tall frame on the bulwarks, and was in the attitude of stepping on board of his enemy, when a sea separated the vessels, and he fell with a heavy dash of the waters into the ocean.
The shouts of the young sailors, as they handled their instruments of death, became more animated and fierce, while the cockswain pursued his occupation with the silence and skill of one who labored in a regular vocation.
His cockswain very deliberately raised the midshipman after his officer, and proceeding with more caution but less exertion, he soon placed himself by his side.
One of them came in Captain Terry's boat, but we thought he was cockswain of the boat, and a cockswain is only a sailor.
He directed the cockswain to steer the cutter as closely to the side of the Reindeer as the movement of the oars would permit, so that the field-pieces could not be brought to bear upon it.
Christy would not wait to hear any more, but ordered the cockswain to go ahead again.
Ordering his boat's crew to give way with all their might, he directed the cockswain to run for the punt of the negro.
As soon as the officer in charge of the boat saw that the bow was likely to strike the punt, he directed the cockswain to stop and back her, which was done, but too late to save the flimsy box from destruction.
They were well in to the shore before the cockswain discovered a submerged ledge that ran out athwart their course almost to the coral reefs.
As he dropped lightly into the sternsheets beside the cockswain he signed the men to thrust off.
You picked up the young gentleman, sir," said the cockswain of the gig, addressing the captain.
The warning of the prudent cockswain was promptly obeyed; and the boat cautiously drew off to a distance, leaving to the animal a clear space while under its dying agonies.
The cockswain poised his harpoon with much precision, and then darted it from him with a violence that buried the iron in the body of their foe.
The men shouted spontaneously; and the old cockswainsuffered his solemn visage to relax into a small laugh, while the whale-boat sprang forward like a courser for the goal.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cockswain" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
