Adjective : a well-found ship. From Dictionary.com.
That was a well-found ship, and her officers knew their trade. From Wordnik.com. [Time Patrolman]
Yes, I'm well-found here, and winter warmth pays for the hot summers. From Wordnik.com. [The Praise Singer]
The "Starlight" was a well-found yacht, capable of weathering any North. From Wordnik.com. [Swirling Waters] Reference
She was not over-insured and she was a well-found ship, so far as we know. From Wordnik.com. [My Bones Will Keep]
Carson chose a big, well-found train of sixty schooners, and put in a special word for me. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman And The Redskins]
Altogether, a trim, well-found yacht which might have voyaged round the world without mishap. From Wordnik.com. [Swirling Waters] Reference
And that reminds me of another question — is it well-found, well-manned, and a good rapid ship to make the voyage?. From Wordnik.com. [Springhaven] Reference
What would such a well-found man, knightly by the look of him and his arms - what would he be doing without a horse? '. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Eyton Forest]
The men of Eleusis went home as well-found as the men of Athens, with cattle and women and weapons and everything we took. From Wordnik.com. [The King Must Die]
To-day lines of well-found steamboats, which correspond direct with Liverpool, are plying on the river from its mouth up to. From Wordnik.com. [Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon] Reference
There was no lack of money in the venture, and the ship was well-found, well-manned, well-armed, and generously provisioned. From Wordnik.com. [Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea] Reference
The Pinto, a well-found sea-worthy forty-five foot motor cruiser left Kyle of Lochalsh for Oban at eight a.m. September 4th. From Wordnik.com. [When Eight Bells Toll]
The steamer was a well-found craft compared with any others that had navigated the river before, and was a new venture on the part of one. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
The company made for Australia, and there were six days of travel aboard a well-found steamer, and this gave more than ample time for the position to solidify. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
Ev'n for one month, his well-found bark be stay'd. From Wordnik.com. [The Iliad] Reference
I don't fret so long as he's aboard a well-found ship. From Wordnik.com. [Shining Ferry] Reference
The Tigris was a very fast ship, besides being well-found. From Wordnik.com. [Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale] Reference
So the passage seems "well-found" and successful by dint of suggestion. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures Among Books] Reference
She's a good, well-found craft, sir, with a fine crew and fine officers. From Wordnik.com. [Hunting the Skipper The Cruise of the "Seafowl" Sloop] Reference
Our ship was a steamship, a well-found vessel, and we made a good passage. From Wordnik.com. [We and the World, Part II A Book for Boys] Reference
And that reminds me of another question -- is it well-found, well-manned, and. From Wordnik.com. [Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War] Reference
The great and well-found caravan of 192 men in all trooped westwards in five detachments. From Wordnik.com. [From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People] Reference
Finally, there is all that is needed in every well-found vessel which is 'fit to go foreign.'. From Wordnik.com. [All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways] Reference
And the last story is about a new and well-found ship, that nearly doesn't weather a severe storm in the Atlantic. From Wordnik.com. [Begumbagh A Tale of the Indian Mutiny] Reference
Well, in the first place, I must remind shoregoing folk that a sound well-found vessel will live through anything. From Wordnik.com. [The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour] Reference
"I'm glad to hear it," said the doctor, "for I want a well-found craft, new or nearly so, built of the best materials.". From Wordnik.com. [The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise] Reference
We made terribly heavy weather of it, though the gale was not enough to have been in any way perilous for a well-found ship. From Wordnik.com. [A Sea Queen's Sailing] Reference
McL --- made them a speech, pointing out to them that they were fortunate in being aboard a well-found and well-provisioned ship. From Wordnik.com. [Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler] Reference
She was a new, well-found vessel, and fresh in her paint; and with her clean canvas, and all smart, we were rather proud of that boat. From Wordnik.com. [Begumbagh A Tale of the Indian Mutiny] Reference
But I may mention that we have a well-found hospital in Troy, that we should bring our own stretcher-party, and that our honorary surgeon. From Wordnik.com. [The Mayor of Troy] Reference
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