yawl

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I watched until midnight, at which hour Yawl relieved Kidd at the helm, and Kidd turned in.

From Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance by Westall, William

Return to Table of Contents Besides Yawl and his helpers, we found on the beach about thirty men and women, the saved of two thousand.

From Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance by Westall, William

I had sent the Yawl in the morning to fish for Sting rays, who returned in the Evening with upwards of four hundred weight; one single one weigh'd 240 pounds Exclusive of the entrails.

From Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World by Cook, James

Though sorely bruised with my fall, and still gasping for breath, I ran to the rescue, and gripping Yawl by the shoulders, bore him backward on the deck.

From Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance by Westall, William

My wife and I slept in our tent, Kidd and Yawl on the sloop.

From Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance by Westall, William