There was no symphony to be found among the tars (so called from their smell), for just before we went off I heard them throw a painter overboard, and directly after they called out to one another to hoist up the ensign.
It seemed to be ingenious, and proper to hoist great burdens.
Deck was stationed there to hoist the flag at a signal from me, which I have made several times; but he does not obey the order, and I begin to fear that something has happened to him," said the major in hurried tones.
I shall send Deck to lower that flag, and remain by the staff till I give him the signal to hoist it again.
His sole occupation till he received the signal to hoist the flag, was to watch for it; and he kept his father's plumed hat in sight all the time.
Deck had only one wish, as he sat with his legs over the side of the bridge, and that was that the enemy would speedily appear on the south road; for then his father would give him the signal to hoist the flag.
Either in fear or in shame they hesitated to hoist the dishonoured Black Cross--the battle-cruisers had figured prominently in the raid on Scarboro' and Hartlepool, and the Huns were far from comfortable at the thought of their reception.
I'd rather take my chance and hoistthe White Flag.
Virtually the ships are German territory, even though they daren't hoist their dirty flags.
Up with the German ensign, bos'n's mate, and hoist the International 'ID.
A hoist of bunting rose to the masthead of the approaching vessel.
Do you know that there is a movement amongst the men of the U-boats' crews to hoist the Red Flag?
Hardly had it appeared ere a similar hoist appeared "at the dip" on every ship of the squadron--there to pause for a brief instant before being hauled "close up.
I propose we hoist the White Flag and take the boat into an English port.
I stand “To those who strive to hoist him in, oppos'd.
Sluggish and indolent for lack of toil, “Thence are we bid to plough the deep again; “Again to hoist the sail.
Some of the larger craft hoist a large long sail, but they do not seem very weatherly under canvas, which they use but little compared with the Society Islanders.
I shall hoist The Yankee flag over the Confederate; then the Yankees will think this ship is a prize, and will not fire into her.
Now, Mr. Swayne, you will hoist the Yankee flag over the Confederate.
Any vessel at anchor in the bay with an epidemic on board, has, according to arrangement, simply to hoist a flag on the mainmast, whereupon the Government steamer immediately embarks the sick persons.
Then he and his father proceeded to hoist the foresail so as to get the boat's head round.
Let you be hoist by the same petard that's always lying around to hoist me!
We shall fire a gun, hoist the flag, and light a bonfire on the keep, so that they may see the smoke by day or the fire by night.
Sir Eustace placed himself with his squire on the wall above the gate, and four men were stationed at the chains of the drawbridge in readiness to hoist it should the order be given.
Were we to hoist the flag on the keep and fire a gun, every man on the estate would muster here before sunset, and would march against the King of France himself did Sir Eustace order them to do so.
A deficiency of minor officials enabled old Pere Thuillier to hoist his son upon the lowest step of the bureaucratic hierarchy.
They must have gone down the mine early in the evening, and arranged with the engineer to come back, when they were finished with their 'salting' process, to hoist up their tools and things so as to leave nothing suspicious around.
I was told to come here about one o'clock, get up steam and be ready to hoist the bucket when I heard a revolver shot.
We've only got one more hole to fill, and by that time Nash will be ready to hoist us up.
Susan ran out with trembling hands to hoist the flag.
I've been trying to get Captain Josiah to hoist the flag but he says it isn't the proper caper till sunrise.
They had scarcely time to hoist out the boat when the flames burst forth, and they quitted her very short of provisions, and saving only some money and jewels.
Apparently the business talk was concluded and, much more to the boys’ concern, the freighter was making ready to hoist anchor and set off for ports unknown!
Then I’ll hoistthe spinnaker, with a pole to the tack—that’s the corner—to swing it outboard to where it will catch the wind.
They then took the jib out of its sail bag and made ready to hoist it.
When we hoist the sail, it’ll act just like a flag, and flap around until we’re ready to use it.
Is there some way we can get away from here without having to hoist the sails right away?
Bainbridge by his rank was entitled to a choice of the few frigates the country then owned, and he would undoubtedly have chosen the glorious "Old Ironsides" upon which to hoist his flag.
Congress had passed an act forbidding a privateer to hoist a pennant in the presence of a naval ship, without first getting the consent of the naval ship's commander.
Thus when Beachy Head has any notification to make to the neighbouring post away down at Burling Gap, the first thing to be done is to hoist at the masthead Fig.
The flag of the Cuban national forces in conflict with Spain has at the hoist a triangular portion of blue, one side of this triangle being the depth of the flag itself, and on this blue field is a white, five-pointed star.
It was inconvenient in action, too; hence, Nelson at Trafalgar ordered the whole of his fleet to hoist the white ensign.
An English Captain might hoist as a necessary signal J.
The national flag shall be formed of the three national colours in equal bands placed vertically, the hoist being blue, the centre white, and the fly red.
In time of peace it is an insult to hoist the flag of one friendly nation above another, so that each flag must be flown from its own staff.
The other ships each hoist their "answering pennants" to show that they have seen and understood the order.
Then when the repeating ships notice that all the other vessels have answered, they hoist the signal right up as an intimation to the Admiral that this is the case.
Perfectly satisfied that all was in order he sung out to us on deck to "hoist away.
But one morning as the look-out man was ascending the rocky promontory, where a flag-staff was erected to hoist the signal of distress we always kept flying by day, he saw a handsome barque lying-to only about two or three miles away.
All hands were set to work to collect the food--it was all we had--hoist it on deck, and secure it there in such fashion as we could.
Presently they returned, bringing the ensign, which they proceeded to hoist in the rigging, Union down, a sea signal of the most urgent importance, denoting anything dreadful from fire to mutiny.
The only thought that occurs to me now is that they will hoist me on board and lower me to the bottom of the hold and keep me there till the vessel is far out at sea.
No attempt was immediately made to hoist him on board.
Eleseus arranged the funeral, and managed things very well; got hold of a fuchsia or so from the cottages round, and borrowed a flag to hoist at half-mast, and bought some black stuff from the store for lowered blinds.
Just help me to hoist these up," says Isak, and that was all.
It does not require vivid imagination to picture what would be the result of blazing particles of a substance like Chaosite dropping down the hoist onto the powder and explosives piled below.
The shaft of the ammunition hoist led directly down to the ammunition table below the water-line on which the explosive was piled, ready to be shot upward on electric elevators.
The deadly peril consisted in the fact that the doors of the ammunition hoist opened directly into the turret.
