I can't possibly guide this craft in such a glare.
So lowering the peak slightly she continued to head her little craft offshore.
She gloried in the tug of the tiller, the sting of the salt breeze, the dance of hercraft over choppy seas.
Standing on the stern thwart she sculled the small craft forward with short, strong strokes, and presently nosed alongside the Scud.
Now fully alive to the danger, she raced to her work of making the little craft secure to meet the oncoming storm.
Landing-craft to Isobel; Isobel will bring them the rest of the way.
And that had been before the landing-craft from the ships had gotten down, and there had only been seven hundred men and forty vehicles available.
Suppose we tell Ravney to herd these Lords-Master onto a couple of landing-craft and bring them up here?
His superiority is not based upon song-craft nor state-craft, upon the foot-races he has run nor the wrestlers he has thrown.
At a very remote period he must also have recognized that force moves along the line of least resistance, and in virtue thereof, placed upon his craft rude keels which enabled him to beat to windward in a seaway.
She is not such a craft as the Sylvania, but she is all right for a river boat.
There are plenty of them, and I find they are glad to serve in such a nobby craft as the Sylvania, where they have easy work and the best of grub," I replied.
I had not seen the craft I was to command before, and I had no little curiosity to look her over.
She whirled the wheel over, trying to bring up the head of the craft to meet the next wave.
The water that came in over her bow almost drowned them, but Ruth, hanging to the steering wheel, brought the craft through the roller without swamping her.
The form of thecraft besides reminds us of that of the present walrus-hunting sloop.
This time she headed for the Langmore mansion, and it was not long before she came within sight of the well-known dock where her own tiny craft still rested.
Down by the brook, back of the stable, was a tiny wharf, where a boat was tied up, a craft which Margaret Langmore had occasionally taken down to the river for a row.
The effect of heat upon gas--with which the envelope is filled--is to make it expand, and consequently cause the craft to rise.
Another of ourcraft is hit, making number three; she, too, disappears into the mist beneath.
It has necessitated the production of many thousands of craft of varying degrees of size and shape, and the number of factories engaged upon the production of aeroplanes, airships, and spare parts for the respective craft has trebled.
The property of “lift” is determined on the one hand by mechanical devices, and on the other by the balloon portion of the craft which is lighter than the air.
All the varied operations of the extensive battle-field are as an open book to the watch in that frail craft .
Thus, all Super-Zeppelins of the future will be heavily armed amidships, that is to say, where the proportion of strain on the craft is least felt.
The craft lurches like a drunken man and we are thrown a struggling breathless mass into a corner.
The giant craft to them is more than a mere engine of warfare and destruction, it is a fetish, almost a religion; thus after every raid the bells are rung.
Throughout history the lighter-than-air craft has figured prominently in warfare.
Arrived at the Ohio, the emigrant either engaged passage on some form of river-craft or set to work to construct with his own hands a vessel that would bear him and his belongings to the promised land.
But in any case its end was the same; for it would not have been profitable, even had it been physically possible, to move the heavy, ungainly craft upstream over long distances, in order to keep it continuously in service.
Vessels regularly ascended the navigable tributaries of the greater streams in quest of cargoes, and while craft of other sorts did not disappear, the great and growing commerce of the river was revolutionized.
The styles of river-craft that appeared on the Ohio and other western streams in the great era of river migration make a remarkable pageant.
And Decian and others affirm the charge of craft may arise from such a discussion.
The greediness of this self-interest became greatly inflamed; so that in these Franceschini brethren one may see the common axiom verified: "Craft is deluded by craft.
Its membership is made up of men whose keen intelligence, brilliance in craft and devotion to their calling has lifted them to the top of the tree in their own particular métier.
I envy the lot of the carpenter in the side street who has a craft which he understands.
The Professor concurred in this as the most liable to give them the best results, as they were out for the purpose of making tests of the craft on the open sea.
So named it was after our pretty little craft discovered it one dark night and left her bones upon it.
A stout little craft like that sunk, deliberately sunk, by an old cow-whale!
It is very generally agreed that the father of Columbus exercised the craft of a wool-carder, or weaver.
But his superior craft enabled him to foil every attempt of his enemies.
The pilgrimage of the sturdy members of The Cod Company, we presume, is made to the craft on the river to take in cargoes of fish.
A fife is heard from some craft at roost on the quiet waters somewhere; or a faint cheer from yonder black steamer at the Mole, which is about to set out on some night expedition.
We pulled off to the steamer in the afternoon--the Inbat blowing fresh, and setting all the craft in the gulf dancing over its blue waters.
The rascals often venture into the China seas, and sometimes right up the strait of Malacca, though they like best to skulk about their own coasts, and steal out on any craft passing that way.
My intention, on arriving there, was to prosecute my inquiries for the Emu, and then to continue my voyage to the eastward, on board any craft I could find.
I was here very nearly recognised by the master of a Brazilian craftwe had plundered; so, with my Spanish comrade, I worked my way to India.
What sort of a craft was the vessel which attacked you?
He had entertained the same opinion; and I found that, with all sail set, we were once wore again in chase of the mysterious craft which had so often escaped us.
It is extraordinary how far away from land these unwieldy craft will venture, and how they contrive to live in a heavy sea, which one would suppose would inevitably swamp them.
I had no difficulty in finding a ship; and if Satan himself had wished to choose one for me, he would not have fixed on a craft where I could more certainly have learned to follow his ways.
I wish we could have got a craft all ready for sea," I observed.
Look here," he said, "there'll be plenty of craft around to pick us up.
We've both of us got stout sailing craft and all the recommendations a man need have.
The Cumberland River was very high at the time; the railroad bridge at Nashville had been burned, and all river craft had been destroyed, or would be before the enemy left.
These craft have not unfrequently been engaged in the nefarious slave traffic carried on on the east coast of Africa.
Other curious craft to be met with in Europe are the scamparia and felucca of the Mediterranean, the Greek mystico and the trabacalo of the Adriatic.
Lighters are usually picturesque-looking craft with dingy sails, and they seldom carry top-sails of any kind.
Passing from Europe to Africa, we note among the craft peculiar to that country the diabiah or Nile boat, a very comfortable travelling boat for warm climates.
We spoke a little space back of the national characteristics of a people being traceable in its marine architecture as well as in other things, and surely this statement finds abundant illustration in the craft of the Chinese.
Brigs and schooners, being light and handy craft, are generally used by pirates and smugglers in the prosecution of their lawless pursuits, and many a deed of bloodshed and horror has been done on board such craft by those miscreants.
Undoubtedly one of the most remarkable craft afloat is the Russian Czar's steam-yacht the Livadia.
On the whole, they are ungainly-looking craft in the extreme; but they are very capable sea-boats, and make voyages as far as South America.
Since the craft became popular, numerous and important improvements have been made in the construction of its hull and several parts, but its distinctive features remain unaltered.
Basil had not been all his life a hunter for nothing; and although he had but little experience upon the prairies, his wood craft now stood him in stead.
Poor little Francois would not think of it; he has not enough craft for that; and, indeed, I almost hope that he has not done so.
From the beginning of Panama's history Caribbean adventurers have crossed the sea in any craft that would float, and have played a large part in the restless events of the Isthmus.
The captains of these coast craft know every tree and rock and river mouth for four hundred miles, and make their way through tortuous channels by markings that no landsman can see.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "craft" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
