After all, the mate's word was law even to the old boat-steerer. From Wordnik.com. [Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers] Reference
I never let on, and arranged the affair with Johnny, my boat-steerer. From Wordnik.com. [THE PRINCESS] Reference
Louis, the boat-steerer, had already begged me for condensed milk and sugar. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 9] Reference
"Give Clint his chance, Tom," said Mr. Gibson, as the boat-steerer came forward. From Wordnik.com. [Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers] Reference
"A pad piziness," the boat-steerer reiterated, dolorously, in the silence which followed. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Poacher] Reference
When we struck the sealing-grounds he turned out to be next to the best boat-steerer aboard. From Wordnik.com. [Chris Farrington, Able Seaman] Reference
The Solo 90 RSL frame is made from 40 - and 60-ton carbon, with a tapered-steerer carbon fork. From Wordnik.com. [Sin City Skinflint, day 2: More of Interbike’s (somewhat) affordable bikes] Reference
It seems the steerer-tube failure might be related to inappropriate mounting of SCUBA equipment. From Wordnik.com. [BSNYC Frigedæg Blētsung Cunnian!] Reference
So far then, the single driving rear-steerer and the Coventry rotary pattern are easily understood. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884] Reference
"Now for it!" muttered the boat-steerer, gripping the eighteen-foot oar and craning forward eagerly. From Wordnik.com. [Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers] Reference
And then it was that the sharp eyes of the old boat-steerer descried my arm above the surface, not many yards away. From Wordnik.com. [Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers] Reference
"More refugees from inland, eh?" exclaimed a rough but cordial seaman, who proved to be the captain's harpooner and boat-steerer. From Wordnik.com. [On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake] Reference
He had been boat-steerer on a New Bedford whaler, and struck his first whale when only sixteen. From Wordnik.com. [Blix] Reference
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