... fine lines and narrow stern, the pinnace was easier to handle in surf; the issuance of the cutter to Coffin was a compliment. He sailed due north, the little boat ... boat rolled, up and down. Coffin watched Quaque's boat; she hesitated at ...
... boats went out , and Coffin's was the first to strike a whale . Thrashing in reaction , the whale struck Kenney's boat , immediately causing it to sink . To rescue Kenney's crew and take them into his boat , Coffin had to cut his line ...
... Coffin said . “ That's our boat , not for sale . " " Well , then this other one must be available . Looks like the ... boats ' round here already have owners . ' Course you're welcome to find the owners and dicker . ” " Well , this one's ...
... boat about as much as his own family . ” 4 Helmer Aakvik felt so at home in a boat that he jested that when his end came , he wanted a coffin with a keel , a porthole , and a compass.5 The lasting tie and reluctant parting between a ...
... boat these coffin-canoes were without a keel; though that involved but uncertain steering, and much lee-way adown the dim ages. Now, when this strange circumstance was made known aft, the carpenter was at once commanded to do Queequeg's ...
... coffins of cliff burial was very unique, and most of them were shaped into a boat. According to archaeological documents, the sailing life of the local ancestors has something to do with the boat-shaped coffin. In the places where cliff ...
... boat-coffin burial, of Ba people was distinctive. The earliest boat-coffin tombs were found in Baolunyuan Site in ... well arranged, especially those in Dongsunba. Boat-coffin burial was once considered to be the unique funeral custom of Ba ...
... COFFIN . Coffin , Tom . See LONG TOM coffin boat . Hunting . A sink boat or battery used in shooting water fowl . Cant ... a fine of lands and tene- ments or confession of a thing done or fact alleged . Eng . d In replevin , a defensive ...
... great and the good were taken for burial close to the remains of St Columba, who died on the island in 597. The best-attested route went through Glen Orchy to the north shore of Loch Awe, from where coffins were taken by boat to Kames ...
... coffin was prepared with holes bored in it to admit water. A dredger sailed out from Ayr and, after three miles, the new coffin was consigned to the sea. It went straight down and then shot back up again. It then filled up with water ...