" He bent down and kissed the boy's forehead and turned him to face toward the city; and when Ralph had disappeared below the brow of the hill, the rough-handed, warm-hearted toiler of the breaker's head wiped the tears from his face, and climbed back up the steep steps, and the long walks of cleated plank, to engage in his accustomed task.

Then, catching hold of the tow rope, I jumped up myself, and made the dinghy fast to a convenient cleat.

The field had been setting back and forth now, for several weeks; the margin of cleat water increasing by the attrition at each return to the rocks; and it was known by observation that these changes often occurred at very short notices.

Excellent at blocking a punt or walking across an opponent's face in cleated boots, but not so good when it comes to understanding the highly-strung female temperament.

The halyards are then securely fastened to the cleat on the staff and the detail marched to the guardhouse.

One is heavier than t'other and bound with iron strips, and this outside one is cleated with tin.

It bore the imprint of a shoe-cleat, and pained dully.

Then he and 'Frisco Kid were sent below to lash and cleat the safe in place.

Frisco Kid, nailing the last cleat on the floor of the cabin, looked up and followed his fascinated gaze.

The eight took their places on the long board, each man with his feet against a cleat.

After this first assault the teams found themselves thus: The Kingstonians were stretched prone upon the board with their legs straight against the cleats; Sawed-Off was braced against his cleat and seated, facing Troy.

Jimmie stepped to the railing of the veranda, raised his foot to a cleat of the awning, and swung himself sprawling upon the veranda roof.

She saw then that there was method in his madness, for the line strung out behind him, fast to a cleat on the launch.

The whole was reminiscent of the South of Europe, but the Neapolitan scene of cleated walks and steep steps lacked the enlivening color notes of the homeland.

When the oars are apeak, they are drawn in a little way, so that the handle of each oar may be passed under a sort of cleat or ledge, which runs along on the inside of the boat near the upper edge of it.

This keeps the oar firm in its place without the necessity of holding it, the handle being under this cleat, while the middle of the oar rests in the row-lock.

They poled their awkward craft out to Gadabout and made fast to a cleat.

Toward evening when there came a gentle bump upon Gadabout's guard and the rattle of a chain upon her cleat, we went out to see what the supply boat had brought.

DOYLE, HERBERT A. The cleat computator.

DOYLE, HERBERT A. The cleat computator.

Then, before he could make the sailors understand what the trouble was, he grabbed the rope that was running free and, taking a turn about a cleat, prevented the further lowering of the boat.

I belayed the rope to the second cleat and set a half-hitch on the turns.

He tried to haul in, but the resistance on the other end of his line was so great that he was compelled to twist it about a cleat in order to avoid either letting go or being dragged into the sea.

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.

A cleat was fastened across the bottom to catch the gold, and this was frequently examined to see how the work was paying, and taking out such coarse pieces as could be readily seen.