drogher

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It was a question whether the drogher had continued her course due west, or had steered northward to Saint Barts, or southward to Saint Eustatia, or Saint Kitts.

From The Three Lieutenants by Webb, Archibald

The wonder was that the drogher still kept afloat; but she was tight and light as a cork—now she was on the top of one sea, now climbing up the side of another.

From The Three Lieutenants by Webb, Archibald

Higson made a leap into the boat, which shoved off just as the drogher, giving a slight roll, sank from sight.

From The Three Lieutenants by Webb, Archibald

“The captain gives them three days more, and if the drogher does not appear at the end of that time, he intends to send the Tudor to look for them,” said Jack.

From The Three Lieutenants by Webb, Archibald

It was done, however, in a way, when Needham casting his eyes towards the shore, exclaimed— “The drogher is drifting—we must veer out more cable!”

From The Three Lieutenants by Webb, Archibald