scullin

Tortugas, and some say he war 'scullin' round in dat boat you hab, wid'e young woman, eh? "

Jack Tier James Fenimore Cooper 1820

And sure enough, shipmates, when we went aft and had a look for ourselves, there was two sharks just playin 'about under the starn, scullin' here and there, lazy-like, but never goin 'very far away.

The Log of a Privateersman Harry Collingwood 1886

"What! so you're a-goin 'in for scullin' then?" demanded the young waterman as the boat put off.

The Willoughby Captains Talbot Baines Reed 1872

"Where you been scullin 'to, 'bout on dat reef, Jack, wid dem' ere women, I won'er now?" demanded Josh, after tasting the cabin soup, in order to ascertain how near it was to being done.

Jack Tier James Fenimore Cooper 1820

Pinian'll beat the cake out of him, sure as scullin '. "

The Urth of the New Sun Wolfe, Gene 1987

You need scullin 'if you want to make time and the wind's in the wrong quarter" which it was then.

Web Of The Witch World Norton, Andre 1964

"Well, 'twas just as I'd caught a glimpse, as I thought, of the peak of the _Lily's_ gaff-topsail, that I sees, about fifty fathom away, the fin of that shark scullin 'quietly along.

For Treasure Bound Harry Collingwood 1886