Word: scow
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...painted. The party did not stop long to examine the "Pieter," but hurried on; turning to their right they passed the revenue cutter "Fish-Hawk," in the service of the Fish Commission, and arrived at a little covered dock at the end of which was moored a curiously built scow. Hardly had they entered the scow when a bell rang, and two sturdy marines began turning a windlass in the middle of the floor. The scow began slowly moving along a submerged cable, and at the end of a couple of minutes bumped up against the side of the receiving...
...sparring and wrestling matches for their amusement. As we bade our courteous guide farewell on the upper deck, we noticed the purser with a green parrot - the ship's pet - seated on his wrist and swearing volubly, - the last words we heard upon the "Wabash." We descended into the scow, which was waiting, the windlass turned, and we were once more on dry shore and heading towards Cambridge...
...small fire on a mud-scow near the boat house last evening, called out the fire department and a large number of students...
...followed by '85, began to steer out of the straight course for smooth water near the wall, while '84 and '86 struggled close together in the straight course. '84 was here rowing a fast and wearing stroke, while '83 contented herself with holding her opponents just beyond the scow. Three-quarters of a mile from the start '83 slackened the stroke to about 34 to the minute and seemed to be rowing well within themselves, '85 was rowing 33, '84, 32 and '86, 30. At this point '83 was about a length ahead of the '84 shell, which...
...will give the Yale crew every advantage. Thus, Yale will demand that if her crew arrives at the winning stake on the same day with the Harvards, the victory shall be adjudged to Yale; that the Harvard crew shall consist exclusively of cripples, and shall row in a mud-scow, and that the course to be rowed over, the time of starting, and the choice of position shall all be decided by the Yale crew...