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As the smoke eddied Hornblower saw Félicité round-to, and as her broadside presented itself to his sight it vanished in a great bank of leaping smoke.

Hornblower And The Hotspur Forester, C. S. 1962

In attempting to round-to, the bowsprit comes in contact with the piles and renounces its allegiance to the bow.

The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1 Various

This was the lugger's command to round-to and surrender; and the old boy, who had been vexing himself with fear that some cruiser might drop in and spoil sport, put the bottle to his mouth and drank Mr. Job's very good health.

The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

This affair with the dompteuse was mad sailing, but the man might round-to suddenly and be no worse for the escapade.

The Trespasser, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897

This affair with the dompteuse was mad sailing, but the man might round-to suddenly and be no worse for the escapade.

The Trespasser, Volume 3 Gilbert Parker 1897

This affair with the dompteuse was mad sailing, but the man might round-to suddenly and be no worse for the escapade.

The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

He reported to Nelson that he could go close under her stern, but could not round-to alongside, nor pass through the line, without running on board one of these.

The Life of Nelson Mahan, A. T. 1897

Keep her steady as she is, and we can round-to close alongside.

The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land 1887

If this were the case, but one slender hope remained for us, the hope that before that obstruction should be reached we might find a part of the channel wide enough to permit the ship to round-to and anchor, thus giving us time to make a more deliberate search for a way of escape.

Overdue The Story of a Missing Ship Harry Collingwood 1886

So eager, indeed, was he, that he carried his studding-sails just a minute or two _too_ long; a mistake on his part, which enabled us to make a couple of short stretches to windward and secure the weather-gage before he was ready to round-to, although as soon as his people detected our purpose they worked with frantic haste to shorten sail.

A Pirate of the Caribbees Harry Collingwood 1886