a-board

Blaa-blaa .. and all points northwest .. all a-board.

Aprons of Silence. III. Broken-Face Gargoyles 1920

Depend on it we'll nab him to-night with a rich cargo of baccy and brandy a-board.

The Lifeboat 1859

"There's not a man a-board as'll think that o 'Dick Darvall," growled the boatswain, who had just entered and heard the last remark.

Charlie to the Rescue 1859

"We'll have to sleep a-board to-night," said the captain, "for there's a fair breeze outside which seems likely to hold, and the mast has been temporarily rigged up, so we'll have to up anchor, and away by break of day to-morrow."

Blown to Bits or, The Lonely Man of Rakata 1859

"Shipmet, I'm goin 'home, and wants a berth a-board the ` Nancy,'" said

The Lifeboat 1859

We American sailors pride ourselves upon our straight clean spars, but a prettier little mast than Fayaway made was never shipped a-board of any craft.

Narrative of a four months' residence among the natives of a valley of the Marquesas Islands, or, A peep at Polynesian life 1846

Her long boats, to be sure, could do the business; but she has no more than two and the captain's gig a-board -- as

The Buccaneer A Tale S. C. Hall 1840

Abe had stepped a-board with his companions, and they were about letting all loose for their departure.

Swallow Barn, or A Sojourn in the Old Dominion. In Two Volumes. Vol. II. 1832

"I told you so, old lady; ay, and he'll just do for you as well as Peter did; but I'll leave you to settle matters, for I must be a-board."

The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook Frederick Marryat 1820

Some people are desirous of seeing every thing; and many landsmen have yet to learn, that they may see a deal, without being a-board!

Sketches — Complete Robert Seymour 1818