Between the stern end of this house and the taffrail was a small space, thickly grown with camp-stools. From Wordnik.com. [Idolatry A Romance] Reference
That blob you see over the taffrail is a flag ... the North Korean flag, raised in the place of the Stars and Stripes. From Wordnik.com. [Carrie]
I cast my eye over the taffrail, and seeing that the. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
He struck the taffrail furiously with his clenched hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Dodge Club or, Italy in MDCCCLIX] Reference
He turned out over the taffrail and spat into the water. From Wordnik.com. [Immortalis]
Men hung upon the taffrail half scorched, but loth to go. From Wordnik.com. [Lyra Heroica A Book of Verse for Boys] Reference
Men clung upon the taffrail half scorched, but loth to go. From Wordnik.com. [Ionica] Reference
With shrill scream at her taffrail deriding her alien grave. From Wordnik.com. [The Ontario High School Reader] Reference
Jackwell leaned over the taffrail and gazed calmly down at us. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate"] Reference
Like a shadow the skipper sped to the taffrail and peered over. From Wordnik.com. [Gold Out of Celebes] Reference
Leaning both elbows upon the taffrail, he gazed long at the shores of. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"Let the sawney climb the ship's taffrail and be plunged into the sea.". From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Rose Ranch] Reference
Then she went aft to the taffrail and stood gazing into the fog astern. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate"] Reference
"There, Haldane," said Captain Applegarth, pointing over the taffrail at. From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea] Reference
The corsair was standing by the side of Mr Tompkins, close by the taffrail. From Wordnik.com. [Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek] Reference
She was placed upon a plank, resting upon the taffrail, (the stern railing,). From Wordnik.com. [The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 Volume 23, Number 2] Reference
One of the leaders sprung over the taffrail, and eventually reached the launch. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Islands and Memorable Voyages] Reference
We saw, too, a single dark figure leaning on the taffrail, which became clear as we drew nearer. From Wordnik.com. [The Mutineers] Reference
Only a minor mass of water burst over the taffrail, to surge aft again as Hotspur lifted her bows. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
Bernard asked, suddenly, with a bounce, looking down at that wee hand that trembled upon the taffrail. From Wordnik.com. [Stories by English Authors: the Sea] Reference
Ruha stepped to the taffrail and saw the shadow of one huge wing gliding through the water toward her. From Wordnik.com. [The Veiled Dragon]
Then the lady who had appeared at the taffrail was slung in it rather uncomfortably and carefully lowered away. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate"] Reference
Chopped away at the captain and when the devil wouldn't let go of the taffrail you chopped off the devil's hands. From Wordnik.com. [DANCING ON AIR] Reference
With their arms interlocked, Dorothy and Jerold watched the sun go down, from the taffrail of the mighty ocean liner. From Wordnik.com. [A Husband by Proxy] Reference
"Ah!" ejaculated the chaplain as "Joe" turned abruptly when close up to the taffrail and nearly twisted him off his legs. From Wordnik.com. [Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant] Reference
He was leaning on the taffrail, gazing almost gloatingly at the land, and paying no heed to the strange situation around him. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
Reuben chances to espy an old-fashioned round life-buoy lashed to the taffrail, and, cutting it loose, makes himself fast to it. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866] Reference
But he drew his revolver, in which there yet remained two shots, and, stepping to the taffrail, watched for Zangorri to reappear. From Wordnik.com. [Cord and Creese] Reference
A stifling sensation made me gasp for air as I sat down on the taffrail of my captured schooner, and felt that I was -- a prisoner!. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
When the hawser reaches the ship it is made taut and secured to the mizzentop or mainmast, high enough to swing clear of the taffrail. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876] Reference
The man from Boston and Neddie Benson shrank back against the taffrail as a multitude of moving brown figures seemed to swarm about us. From Wordnik.com. [The Mutineers] Reference
American flags at the masthead and the taffrail; Secretary Bryan has cabled to Ambassador Gerard, asking whether the action of the German. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
I dashed over the taffrail, the tide was running strong, but I caught her in my arms, and bore her up, until the boat came to our relief. From Wordnik.com. [Edward Barnett; a Neglected Child of South Carolina, Who Rose to Be a Peer of Great Britain,—and the Stormy Life of His Grandfather, Captain Williams or, The Earle's Victims: with an Account of the Terrible End of the Proud Earl De Montford, the Lamentable Fate of the Victim of His Passion, and the Shadow's Punishment] Reference
For fifteen days more the angry captive bit his thumbs on the taffrail of the guard-ship, and gazed either at vacancy or the waters of the. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
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