Another time he dropped a steel marlinspike from the mizzen crosstree. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 16] Reference
More meaningless marlinspike seamanship from salty Unca Sol. From Wordnik.com. [For a present, - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
Half turning, he saw Shaik Abdullah rushing towards him with a marlinspike. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
"A left-handed marlinspike," repeated the commander, at once understanding the joke. From Wordnik.com. [Bob the Castaway] Reference
The sailor on watch lounged by the port capstan, cleaning his nails with a marlinspike. From Wordnik.com. [Stormwarden]
Jaric jammed his marlinspike through the plies in the rope and caught her teasing fingers. From Wordnik.com. [Shadowfane]
The Officier Marinier, having no sword to surrender, stoically offered Chase a marlinspike instead. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Trafalgar]
She opened her eyes, found him weaving a splice with his marlinspike, and promptly pinched his flank. From Wordnik.com. [Shadowfane]
"The men sent me for a left-handed marlinspike," he said, interrupting the commander, who was busy over his accounts. From Wordnik.com. [Bob the Castaway] Reference
A marlinspike, a crowned nassa, a broken murex, a lined bullia, small voyagers navigating the current-packed ridges of sand. From Wordnik.com. [The Shell Collector : Stories] Reference
If he shows his teeth, give him a rope's end or a marlinspike. From Wordnik.com. [The Pirate of Panama A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure] Reference
First the marlinspike was sent down with the thread as a line. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 2] Reference
A smalley wee thing she seem to be; not bigger than a marlinspike. From Wordnik.com. [The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea] Reference
The wet had made the hemp as hard as iron and he lacked a marlinspike. From Wordnik.com. [Blackbeard: Buccaneer] Reference
But he had neither bar, marlinspike, nor dirk, nothing but his hands and. From Wordnik.com. [Cutlass and Cudgel] Reference
The marlinspike sank and sank until it had drawn with it 130 fathoms of thread. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 2] Reference
Harrigan sprang to his feet, catching up a marlinspike, and whirled it above his head. From Wordnik.com. [Harrigan] Reference
I bet a marlinspike to a large rifle: if Ottilia were married she would cease talking of. From Wordnik.com. [Married] Reference
"Why he clipped into the water with the speed of light, as clean and clear as if he had been a marlinspike.". From Wordnik.com. [Tom Cringle's Log] Reference
Captain Elkanah, however, carried his as if it were a club, or a scepter, or a-- well, a marlinspike, perhaps. From Wordnik.com. [Fair Harbor] Reference
I lammed you over the head with a marlinspike and then towed you up here by main strength; seems if they did, by Henry!. From Wordnik.com. [Fair Harbor] Reference
Here he helped himself to rum and water, the rum coming up about an inch in the glass, regular half and half, fit to float a marlinspike. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Cringle's Log] Reference
Continuing Education Program: marlinspike with Myles Thurlow. From Wordnik.com. [The Martha's Vineyard Times News Headlines] Reference
A hawse-hole, and a knot tied, with a marlinspike passed through its centre. From Wordnik.com. [The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet] Reference
"Then would you kindly go to Captain Spark and ask him for a left-handed marlinspike?. From Wordnik.com. [Bob the Castaway] Reference
" Holding the bottle aloft and grinning, he tapped the side with a small marlinspike. From Wordnik.com. [A Triumph of Souls]
Smooth as a marlinspike and my hair trimmed in the latest fashion, so old Bones says. From Wordnik.com. [Kennedy Square] Reference
"A left-handed marlinspike turns into a scuttle-butt, and that turns into a water barrel. From Wordnik.com. [Bob the Castaway] Reference
"Ay, General Clive, him what chased the mounseers out o 'Fort St. George with a marlinspike. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
Pore Janet braynd wif a marlinspike. From Wordnik.com. [PROOF - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
The bosun brained with a marlinspike. From Wordnik.com. [McCain Says Bailout Bill He Voted For Is "Putting Us On The Brink Of Economic Disaster"] Reference
"Now, then, what I want is a good marlinspike or an iron bar. From Wordnik.com. [Cutlass and Cudgel] Reference
The bos'n brained with a marlinspike. From Wordnik.com. [The Dead Men's Song Being the Story of a Poem and a Reminiscent Sketch of its Author Young Ewing Allison] Reference
When he gave the signal I tossed the marlinspike. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Fish Patrol] Reference
'll miss stays, and your faith' ll be blown out of the bolt-ropes in the turn of a marlinspike. ". From Wordnik.com. [Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood] Reference
"A left-handed marlinspike?" repeated Bob. From Wordnik.com. [Bob the Castaway] Reference
Logotype702 is around. http://www. forbes.com/2010/01/19/hacker-marlinspike-privacy-technol. From Wordnik.com. [linkfilter.net - fresh links] Reference
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