Thesaurus / hawser
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Pike payed out the hawser, the coxswain eased off the spring; away went the boat, and next moment Pike had Stanley by the hair.
THE FLOATING LIGHT OF THE GOODWIN SANDSR.M. BALLANTYNEThe hawser was slipped as he spoke; the lifeboat was hauled slowly but steadily to windward up to her anchor.
THE FLOATING LIGHT OF THE GOODWIN SANDSR.M. BALLANTYNEThe hawser was made into a loop around his body and the other end was tied around the mother.
KARI THE ELEPHANTDHAN GOPAL MUKERJIHe was pulled forward quite a distance, when the hawser broke and his fore-legs fell on the plank.
KARI THE ELEPHANTDHAN GOPAL MUKERJIThe situation was not so bad as we thought, however, as it was very easy to slip another hawser under him.
KARI THE ELEPHANTDHAN GOPAL MUKERJIHenry Burns rapidly recounted what he had discovered, including the end of hawser made fast to the tree.
THE RIVAL CAMPERSRUEL PERLEY SMITHThe sailor sprung down the companion hatch, where he found the hawser coiled against the door, and heard Newton struggling inside.
NEWTON FORSTERCAPTAIN FREDERICK MARRYATWith that the young motor boat captain leaped to the dock and ran to the stern hawser, while Hank Butts stood by the bow-hawser.
UNCLE SAM'S BOYS AS LIEUTENANTSH. IRVING HANCOCKWith a couple of strokes I cut the hawser, and, putting up the helm, we were just able to run to leeward out of her way.
HURRICANE HURRYW.H.G. KINGSTONOne hawser still held us to the land, like a faint memory stretching back into the past.
THE WASTED GENERATIONOWEN JOHNSONSYNONYM OF THE DAY
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