Word: larboard
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...when I heard a loud cry from several voices at once, that the whale was coming foul of the ship. Scarcely had the sound of their voices reached my ears when it was followed by a tremendous crash, the whale had struck the ship with his head under the larboard fore chains at the water's edge with such force as to shock every man upon his feet. The whale then getting under the ship's bottom came up under the starboard quarters. This gave the mate a fine opportunity to have killed him with a throw...
...Sunset Strip and The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters were dumped in the wake of the late Jerry Lewis Show and 100 Grand, while The Breaking Point, Destry and The Greatest Show on Earth are teetering on the larboard rail...
...through, and tried to realize that, according to the Magnus principle, the quartering wind that struck the cylindrical metal sails created suction on their surfaces, the suction being greatest on the forward surfaces when they were rotated "into the wind" - i.e., clockwise for a starboard breeze, counterclockwise for a larboard. By proper reversals of the rotors, the ship was easily made to tack and maneuver...
...over any surface creates suction on that surface, greatest on any part of the surface that does not move with the wind. Thus, the forward surface of a rotorship's cylinder being made to move into the wind - i. e., clockwise into a starboard wind, counterclockwise to a larboard jwind-suction is strongest on that forward surface and the ship is drawn ahead...
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