bos'un

He was the bos'un, a burly man with a thick shock of white hair and a seamed, leathery face, beaten into a proud configuration by the wind,

beneath an opal moon Lustbader, Eric 1980

I could not remain in my cabin, oppressed as I was by that nameless terror, so I would walk the decks, avoiding those on watch, save for the bos'un, who, the first night he saw me up and pacing, brought me a mug of hot grog.

beneath an opal moon Lustbader, Eric 1980

The sailor, switching his gaze from Moichi to the strung bos'un, swallowed convulsively and said,

beneath an opal moon Lustbader, Eric 1980

In a moment, the bos'un appeared with Rohja just behind him.

beneath an opal moon Lustbader, Eric 1980

We sailed together on many a prosperous voyage, not all the time as master and bos'un, if you catch my meaning.

beneath an opal moon Lustbader, Eric 1980

The bos'un, or whoever it was that received the order from the

The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs

I would take a piping bos'un and a cabin-boy to spank.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 17, 1917 Various

The slovenly Achill man, who would face death with a grin, the shambling Highlander who on occasion could spring to the shrouds like a cat; the old bos'un who had been for years a castaway on Tierra del Fuego; the wizened chantey-man with his melodeon, who could put new vigor into tired backs, with his long-drag chanteys, like

The Wind Bloweth Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne 1908

"Hold that light up, bos'un," said Rawlings quietly, as he took a key from his pocket, and opened the door.

Edward Barry South Sea Pearler Louis Becke 1884

If you, bos'un, and you, Barradas, begin to knock them about when I'm boss of them -- as you have done hitherto -- they'll bolt, every man jack of them.

Edward Barry South Sea Pearler Louis Becke 1884