Gallant Tar (To horrified lady of uncertain age), "BELAY THERE, OLD WOMAN!

Then, quick as thought, I belayed the windlass and lowered a gaff.

If my remembrance is not treacherous, he only spent one evening in the cabin with usthe evening before we came to anchor at Cagliari; for, when the lights were placed, he made himself a man forbid, took his station on the railing between the pegs on which the sheets are belayed and the shrouds, and there, for hours, sat in silence, enamoured, it may be, of the moon.

'Gaynst such strong castles needeth greater might Then those small forts which ye were wont belay**: Such haughty mynds, enur'd to hardy fight, Disdayne to yield unto the first assay.

[** Belay, beleaguer.]

braze; pin, nail, bolt, hasp, clasp, clamp, crimp, screw, rivet; impact, solder, set; weld together, fuse together; wedge, rabbet, mortise, miter, jam, dovetail, enchase^; graft, ingraft^, inosculate^; entwine, intwine^; interlink, interlace, intertwine, intertwist^, interweave; entangle; twine round, belay; tighten; trice up, screw up. be joined &c; hang together, hold together; cohere &c 46.

I had helped him occasional in the beginning,learned him how to veer and haul a brace, let go or belay a sheet,but let him alone generally speaking, and went about my own business.

steady, sohaul taut the weather-braces, and belay all."

"Tell the truth and" "Belay!"

Away went the sloop, steadying her bow-lines; the call piping belay, as each sail was trimmed to the officer of the deck's fancy.

I" "Belay there!"

"Bouse a bit on this waister!" called Richard, when he had properly secured the good-man; "so; belay all that.

Belay, belayed or belaid, belaying, belayed or belaid.

Belay, belayed or belaid, belaying, belayed or belaid.

Belay, belayed or belaid, belaying, belayed or belaid.

The following twenty-nine are omitted by this author, as if they were always regular; belay, bet, betide, blend, bless, curse, dive, dress, geld, lean, leap, learn, mulet, pass, pen, plead, prove, rap, reave, roast, seethe, smell, spoil, stave, stay, wake, wed, whet, wont.

Farmer George himself sees to it that the cloth does not touch the rick at the edges, or the rain, if it comes, will go through instead of shooting off, and that the ropes are taut and firmly belayed.

Belay theregive us more liberty ashore!

Avast and belay!

Avast and belay, my hearties!

He had only just time to belay it round the cleat to avoid its being jerked out of his hand, so fast was the creature they had hooked now traveling.

"Belay bellering," said Bill.

and "Belay!" While a few dukes so handy there Respectfully make love or swear; As in the poem

Putting his open hand to the side of his mouth, he (when GEORGE CAMPBELL was making one of his last speeches), shouted out, "Belay there!"

The boat running under the quarter scrapes along the edge, the ropes are thrown, caught, and belayed, and the crew prepare for passing the cargo into the vessel's hold.