He got up at once, and called his starboard fireman. From Wordnik.com. [Up the River or, Yachting on the Mississippi] Reference
Three miles or more to our starboard is a low dim line. From Wordnik.com. [She] Reference
Tracker pointed, off what I guess you would call our starboard bow. From Wordnik.com. [The White Rose]
The first mate's watch being known as the starboard and the second mate's as the port watch. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World] Reference
The moon was now on what a sailor would call the starboard bow -- i. e., to the right and ahead. From Wordnik.com. [A journey in other worlds A romance of the future] Reference
The long oarlike rudder was on the board or side of the ship to the right of the stern, called the starboard or steerboard. From Wordnik.com. [Days of the Discoverers] Reference
Yon parchment off starboard is an empty tortilla. From Wordnik.com. [Backdated Bento #10 « Were rabbits] Reference
I learned, also, that the right-hand side of the vessel was the 'starboard' side, while the left-hand side was the 'port' or. From Wordnik.com. [Cast Away in the Cold An Old Man's Story of a Young Man's Adventures, as Related by Captain John Hardy, Mariner] Reference
"starboard" sounded too much alike when shouted in a gale. From Wordnik.com. [Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas] Reference
"starboard" hand, he secures the proper motion as he rows. From Wordnik.com. [The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter] Reference
Mr. Young he makes humorous reference to his awkwardness in nautical language: "My great difficulty is calling out 'starboard' when I mean. From Wordnik.com. [The Personal Life of David Livingstone] Reference
"Light to starboard," repeated the helmsman at the compass. From Wordnik.com. [Some Naval Yarns] Reference
Others may talk of turning the ship of state hard to starboard. From Wordnik.com. [Good Man . . . Wrong Job?] Reference
Unexpectedly, out of the fog to starboard Jim's voice answered him. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
The commander shot his gaze aft, to starboard, port, and before him. From Wordnik.com. [Some Naval Yarns] Reference
But that was the point: this was no ordinary starboard-crossed vessel. From Wordnik.com. [Achille Lauro: A Star-Crossed Ship] Reference
The captain placed John's camp-stool on the starboard side of the binnacle. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Many Lands] Reference
The rebound sent us a good two miles away before our starboard battery flamed. From Wordnik.com. [A Question of Courage] Reference
I take the wheel from Warfield, and he marches out to the starboard bridge wing. From Wordnik.com. [Hello, My Name Is James, And I Am An Asshole] Reference
Close under the starboard quarter bobbed the brown bottle that served as a toggle. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
Percy, glancing to starboard, saw a black fin cutting the slope of a watery ridge. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
Percy set out in pursuit of the red barrel, now almost two hundred yards to starboard. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
I turn the wheel hard to starboard, and annunciators start going off all over the bridge. From Wordnik.com. [Hello, My Name Is James, And I Am An Asshole] Reference
Filippo, be ready to throw that buoy and coil of warp off the starboard bow the minute I make. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
She reclines in her window seat, sees the starboard prop whirring superfast, looking slo-mo. From Wordnik.com. [A Knobby Thing] Reference
The girls helped Cora light the port, starboard and aft-lights; then they were ready to start. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls on Cedar Lake Or the Hermit of Fern Island] Reference
Five guns were fought by the Kearsarge, seven by the Alabama, both with the starboard batteries. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Kearsarge and Alabama] Reference
The barge carrying sand hit the cruise liner Sergei Kirov, piercing a hole in its starboard side. From Wordnik.com. [Russian Cruise Ship Collides With Barge] Reference
Major Meredith, moustaches merrily twirling approaching from the starboard, a twinkle in his eye. From Wordnik.com. [First Blood] Reference
The dory, overbalanced to starboard, careened suddenly, and he fell sprawling on the slimy bottom. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
After dark ships and boats carry a red light at the bow on the port side, and a green light on the starboard. From Wordnik.com. [Healthful Sports for Boys] Reference
Another minute went by, and I saw the same crew member go over to the starboard wing and ... close the gas cap!. From Wordnik.com. [Tales From Travelers] Reference
"So a command to turn 'hard a-starboard' meant turn the wheel right under one system and left under the other.". From Wordnik.com. [Titanic rescue scuppered by officers''criminal' decision, claims author] Reference
To enable this cover to be easily removed it was made in two sections, a port and starboard side for each gasbag. From Wordnik.com. [British Airships, Past, Present, and Future] Reference
The vessel sustained damage on its starboard side while it was transiting the Strait of Hormuz, the master reported. From Wordnik.com. [Rogue Wave Is Suspected in Mideast Tanker Blast] Reference
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