Word: bladed
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...whole, the crew hang badly at the full reach. Besides this fault the men must be very careful to row more smoothly, the blade work especially being very rough...
...Navy officers, the Lord High Admiral is usually he who has been sent from college the greatest number of times; the Vice-Admiral is the poorest scholar in the class; the Rear-Admiral, the laziest fellow in the class; the Commodore; one addicted to boating; the Captain a jolly blade; the Lieutenant and Midshipman fellows of the same description; the Chaplain the most profane; the Surgeon a dabbler in surgery, or in medicine or anything else; the Ensign the tallest member of the class; the Boatswain one most inclined to obscenity; the Drum-Major the most aristocratic, and his assistants...
...fear that worn-out shells and the opportunity of receiving "odds" will prove inducement enough to some young men to don the blue, but we sincerely trust that if unbecoming proselyting is to be done, it may be done by no more questionable means than by that modern blade of Mohammed, - the blade...
...Stevens, S. of L., settles very badly at the end of his stroke; does not take hold of the water until he has started his slide; does not get his blade in the water neatly; and does not stick to it well when he tires...
Meikleham, '86, does not get reach enough, and does not keep his blade covered long enough. He does not feather long enough, and does not get his oar over on the catch as much as he ought...