cockswain

The spelling "cockswain" is standard for this text.

Fighting for the Right Oliver Optic 1859

The spelling "cockswain" is standard for this text.

Stand By The Union Oliver Optic 1859

When Long-Tom Coffin goes down with his ship, the entire crew mourns the loss of their beloved cockswain, but none with more feeling than his commander.

Love and Merit in the Maritime Historical Novel: Cooper and Scott 2006

‘Shove her off!’ cries the cockswain, who looks as easy and comfortable as if he were steering in the

Sketches by Boz 2007

Let us slacken sail, my dears, as we have brought no cockswain.

Springhaven Richard Doddridge 2004

His strong able-bodied cockswain did good service in cheerfully carrying his much-loved Commander, and they managed to return to the boat, and brought the two bereaved and sorrow-stricken ladies back to the “Pioneer.”

A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004

The boys instantly obeyed; but being closely pursued by the natives, the cockswain of the pinnace, to whom the charge of the boats was committed, fired a musket over their heads.

Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003

The boys instantly obeyed; but being closely pursued by the natives, the cockswain of the pinnace, to whom the charge of the boats was committed, fired a musket over their heads.

Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003

The seaman who was addressed by this dire appellation arose slowly from the place where he was stationed as cockswain of the boat, and seemed to ascend high in air by the gradual evolution of numberless folds in his body.

Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers Benj. N. Martin

The boat was manned by six sailors and a cockswain.

What I Saw in California Edwin Bryant