Word: floating
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...float and grounds about the boat-house swarmed from time to time with what we at Cambridge call "muckers." These loafers intruded upon us when we were at work in the boat-house, got in our way when we were going out or coming in with our boat, and provoked us generally with their insulting remarks...
...HARVARD.The race was to start at 10.15. At 10.10 both crews were seen to disappear into their respective boat-houses; presently both came out, stripped to the waist, and the two shells were put into the water at the same time. The Harvards were the first to leave their float, the Yales instantly following, and immediately both crews pulled down to the start. The Harvards were more evenly matched than their opponents, who taper off towards the bow. The southerly wind had by this time freshened up, and the water below the bridges was decidedly lumpy...
...river near the boat-house, since the warm weather has come on, presents quite a lively scene of an afternoon, between half past four and six, and more frequently may be seen the hapless tyro swimming toward the float with his dismantled shell...
...service and once more launched. It will be remembered that this is the boat in which the present vice-president of our Boat Club, with the assistance of Mr. Faulkner, last year heroically rescued from drowning a man whose shell had capsized. The craft will be moored at the float, for the general convenience of the H. U. B. C., and under the careful and experienced attention of the vice-president, it will hereafter be regularly used as a life-boat. This assurance of means of rescue all ready in case of accident will satisfy an imperative need of beginners...
...float the land aboon...