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Seen from the fore-topmast crosstrees--to which I ascended for the purpose of getting a good look at her--she appeared to be one of those immensely beamy, shallow craft, copied from the slavers; and those vessels, I knew, although they generally sailed like witches, were often anything but weatherly.— A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy
One of the men went down after him, seized him, and dragged him up the mast again; but there was nothing to which to lash him, and no crosstrees or spars on which to rest; so that during the night, when almost senseless with cold and fatigue, the poor boy slipped down again, and was lost in the darkness.— Our Sailors Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign
Let me see which of you will be first to get over the crosstrees, and woe betide the last!— Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy
"I'll just step up as far as the crosstrees myself Very good, Mr Mildmay; do so by all means," said Captain Vernon.— The Congo Rovers A Story of the Slave Squadron
It was a dry storm in the matter of rain, but the force of the wind filled the air with fine spray, which flew as high as the crosstrees and cut the face like a knife, making it impossible to see over a hundred yards ahead.— Stories of Ships and the Sea Little Blue Book # 1169
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