Word: shell
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...first eight-oared shell provided with outriggers, was built in 1846, and was used in the Oxford-Cambridge race of that year. In 1873 the sliding seat was used for the first time...
...Atlantic for March is an unusually excellent number. The chapters of Mr. Stockton's "House of Martha" introduce the "Lady who sits on the Sand," the "Middle-aged Man of the Sea," the "Shell Man," the "Lover in Check," the "Interpolation," and last, but not least, a "Person," and in general show that Mr. Stockton is in the highest of spirits. Miss Murfree's serial "Felicia" ends the present number and ends tragically. Mr. Francis P. Church contributes an interesting paper about Richard Grant White, and in a bright autobiographic fragment, entitled "My Schooling," we are told of James Freeman...
...varsity crew has ordered a new shell from Davy to be built on the lines of last year's boat...
...time. It is probable that the captain has a very slight idea of the men who are most likely to row in the boat. It would be a matter of some difficulty to decide which eight out of the number that are trying are best able to make a shell go fast...
...shell for the freshman crew will cost...