The old boatswain was left alone, but he had plenty to do.    From LearnThat.org.  [yourdictionary.com]

He called the boatswain and went to the store-room.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story] Reference

"Push off the bow there!" called the boatswain at the wheel.    From Wordnik.com.  [Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates] Reference

The boatswain was the first to emerge from the cover of the wood.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews.] Reference

` ` Push off the bow there! '' called the boatswain at the wheel.    From Wordnik.com.  [Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates : fiction, fact & fancy concerning the buccaneers & marooners of the Spanish Main] Reference

In the midst of the carousal the master of the pinnace called the boatswain.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sabbath in Puritan New England] Reference

The boatswain was a bold fellow, but his courage gave way, and he stepped back.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures] Reference

The boatswain was a happy man when the boat was clear of the wharf, and on her way to.    From Wordnik.com.  [Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark] Reference

The protection of the boatswain was a great thing, but that of their sailor friend was better.    From Wordnik.com.  [By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson] Reference

She had three mates besides the captain, and another officer called a boatswain, who had a good deal to do with managing the men.    From Wordnik.com.  [Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading] Reference

The boatswain was a noisy, surly fellow, and on several occasions the captain had words with him about his disrespectful behaviour.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers] Reference

The tropic-bird, often called the boatswain, or phaëton, also climbs to great heights, and is seldom found out of these latitudes.    From Wordnik.com.  [White Shadows in the South Seas] Reference

The life of a boatswain is a life of 'mergency, and therefore I swear. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Peter Simple] Reference

That opened into some kind of boatswain's store; twice he had seen it unlocked and paint and similar supplies brought out from it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mr. Midshipman Easy]

Let them understand that the boatswain is a very important personage, and they will be satisfied that you are a rising young officer. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days] Reference

A boatswain is one of the minor officers of a ship.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide] Reference

The boatswain, or other sailor, in such a stress, puts.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story of the Barbary Corsairs] Reference

Why is his conversation with the boatswain put into the play?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8] Reference

The boatswain was knocked down by a large stone and much hurt.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.] Reference

The boatswain stood in the bow and threatened him with a sword.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends] Reference

The boatswain and several seamen were killed by the Haytian fire.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Soldier's Life Being the Personal Reminiscences of Edwin G. Rundle] Reference

The boatswain is not alarmed if he can have room to handle his ship.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8] Reference

Gonzalo says the boatswain is born to be hung; he cannot be drowned.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8] Reference

"The cable's ` up and down, 'sir," presently reported the boatswain to.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant] Reference

The boatswain infers that they cannot make peaceful weather of the present storm.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8] Reference

After a severe pull we got alongside as the boatswain and his mates were piping to dinner.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Sailor of King George] Reference

My gallant boatswain, however, returned unharmed, and, if I may believe the commander of the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference

The boatswain is incessant in his patrol of purification, and disinfecting substances are plenteously distributed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference

Six of the crew were implicated with the villain, and the boatswain, who was ill in the slave-hospital, was to share my fate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference

The boatswain, who was in his watch, assured me that he rarely gave an order without humming it out to a tune of some favorite opera.    From Wordnik.com.  [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference

"Someone on board has brought us ill-luck," said the boatswain, looking pointedly at Bar Shalmon; "we shall have to heave him overboard.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends] Reference