The steersman is stationed at the stern, and holds in his hand the long curved handle by which the helm is worked. From Wordnik.com. [Pharaohs, Fellahs and Explorers] Reference
But if the steersman is a Rabbi into the bargain, what are one's feelings?. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Delight and Other Papers] Reference
In Cherrie's boat he himself and the steersman were the only men who paddled strongly and continuously. From Wordnik.com. [Through the Brazilian Wilderness] Reference
In Cherries boat he himself and the steersman were the only men who paddled strongly and continuously. From Wordnik.com. [X. To the Amazon and Home; Zoological and Geographical Results of the Expedition] Reference
He clutched the kanaka steersman with his other hand; and just at that moment the schooner flung down to starboard. From Wordnik.com. [South Sea Tales] Reference
The breeze was steady, and the steersman was the only man on duty, but he was not thereby prevented from attending to what was being read. From Wordnik.com. [Chasing the Sun] Reference
A better; thus also a steersman is a better judge of a tiller than he who made it; and he who gives an entertainment than the cook. From Wordnik.com. [Politics: A Treatise on Government] Reference
He and the 'steersman' then carry her over the portage, while the rest carry the cargo on their backs. From Wordnik.com. [All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways] Reference
I was in Ben Gibson's boat, of which old Tom was steersman. From Wordnik.com. [Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers] Reference
Bert himself looked straight ahead as a steersman always should. From Wordnik.com. [The Bobbsey Twins at School] Reference
It takes an angry man to shoot a ladder-truck steersman in the face. From Wordnik.com. [How The Flames Shaped The Shield] Reference
The steersman climbed to the dock, to halt a pace in front of Gerda. From Wordnik.com. [Millennium] Reference
Then he turned the wheel over to the steersman who stood beside him. From Wordnik.com. [A Voyage with Captain Dynamite] Reference
The steersman counted the seamen and passengers, and crossed himself. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV.] Reference
Probably they count on the steersman mistaking this light for the one at. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast] Reference
The captain walked aft to the steersman and peered anxiously in the distance. From Wordnik.com. [Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses] Reference
“It will be a short run,” said the steersman, “if the wind holds on.”. From Wordnik.com. [Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition.] Reference
Even then the best steersman is bound to lose a boat now and then on the rocks. From Wordnik.com. [On the Edge of the Arctic or, An Aeroplane in Snowland] Reference
"All right; don't let it happen again," cried the steersman, in more kindly tones. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake Or, the stirring cruise of the motor boat Gem] Reference
The steersman whirled his wheel swiftly in the apparent endeavor to avert a collision. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
The steersman had a box in the rear and in this there was room for Janice to ride, too. From Wordnik.com. [Janice Day at Poketown] Reference
Our steersman made straight for its hard cold base, round which whirled a roaring cataract. From Wordnik.com. [Through Finland in Carts] Reference
There is little a steersman on a bob can do except to take advantage of the easiest course. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Picture Girls Snowbound Or, The Proof on the Film] Reference
Island, steersman being the appellation by which Captain Woodward was distinguished by the natives. From Wordnik.com. [Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities.] Reference
Jason was appointed commander-in-chief of the expedition, Tiphys acted as steersman, Lynceus as pilot. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome] Reference
A boat came to fetch us manned by twelve oars, all cadets, as well as the steersman who stood at the stern. From Wordnik.com. [Through Finland in Carts] Reference
He was fast catching up to Danny, when one of the boys on that bob, looking back, saw it, and warned the steersman. From Wordnik.com. [The Bobbsey Twins at School] Reference
The entrance into the cabin was from the stern in front of the steersman, who worked a tiller as in an ordinary sloop. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail] Reference
I told him to appear very careless, and say nothing, but to appear as if he was going with the steersman, as he had suggested. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
Their safety depended absolutely upon the caprice of the mysterious steersman who inhabited the ironclad, fish-shaped machine. From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard of the Sea A Trip Under the Ocean] Reference
A shriek from our steersman, and we found we were flying madly towards a sort of wooden pier; we held our breath, it seemed so close. From Wordnik.com. [Through Finland in Carts] Reference
As a superior vessel of the enemy was approaching, Barney directed his steersman to interpret his commands by the rule of contraries. From Wordnik.com. [Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities.] Reference
The day before we reached Toledo one of the drivers left, and the steersman employed our boy William, with the consent of the captain. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
When pulling off a heavily-laden boat, they cheer their labour by a song, led, in general, by the steersman, the crew joining in chorus. From Wordnik.com. [Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China.] Reference
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