mess-mate

Forest mahogany, or mess-mate, another eucalypt plentifully represented, shows contemptible subservience to the will of the wind in all phases of disastrous ruin; and in its perversity it will not burn unless logged into masses and heaps.

Last Leaves from Dunk Island 2003

"Hard luck here, mess-mate," said this man, with a smile.

Cord and Creese James De Mille

That young man was Archibald Marshall; he was an exemplary Christian, "and I have reason," added he, "to bless God that he ever was my mess-mate."

The Power of Faith Exemplified In The Life And Writings Of The Late Mrs. Isabella Graham. Isabella Graham

Jim Brandon were lying there among us, while their spirits were in heaven; also, William A. Hughes, my old mess-mate and friend, who had clerked with me for S.F. & J.M. M.yes, and who had slept with me for lo! these many years, and a boy who loved me more than any other person on earth has ever done.

"Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show Sam R. Watkins

With suchlike conversation my old mess-mate and I beguiled our long railway journey to Liverpool, which we reached the same evening, but before we had quite exhausted our respective questions and answers respecting everybody we had ever met or known during the time he and I had been to sea together.

The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea Henry [Illustrator] Austin

"One question at a time, mess-mate," said the other, laughingly.

Cord and Creese James De Mille

When we landed, my quondam mess-mate advanced to receive me, and, after a cordial shake of the hand, kindly invited me to pass the night with him.

Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory Volume I. John M'lean

Thorogood as he passed with a sidelong jerk of the head and the first whole-souled smile of enjoyment a mess-mate had ever surprised on his face.

The Long Trick 1886-1967 Bartimeus 1926

Lord James is my mess-mate, and well and strong and good; his time as mid [shipman] will be out in October.

Journal of a Lady of Quality; Being the Narrative of a Journey from Scotland to the West Indies, North Carolina, and Portugal, in the Years 1774 to 1776 1920

Ebenezer wa'n't in the room -- which was a mercy -- but your old mess-mate, Catesby-Stuart, looked solemn as ever and never turned a hair.

Cape Cod Stories Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907