186 examples of furl in sentences

"Furl that flag," he ordered.

"All hands lay aloft and furl them!"

O, furl your star-lit thing of light That banner should not wave Where, vainly pleading for his right, Your Brother toilsa Slave!

roll up, furl; wallow, welter; box the compass; spin like a top, spin like a teetotum^.

Furl the royals!

Well, you see, there must be somebody to furl the main-royal again, and he pitched onto McCallum.

"Clew up and furl the fore-topsail!"

Hurraycome on!' Sam and Carrots made a furious onslaught, and the gate was roughly handled, but the more it shook and swung, the more derisive was Nancy's laughter, as she clutched a firm hold with her small hands, and swayed to and fro, calling out excitedly, 'Furl the main-sail!

"Furl away!" shouted Wilder.

Presently he shouted in a stentorian voice: "Furl sail!"

At 6 A.M. we were obliged to furl everything, and throughout the day we have been plunging against a stiff breeze and moderate sea.

"For it's bitter 'ard on a decent ship, look at it 'ow you may, That's worked her traverse an' stood 'er trick an' done 'er best in 'er day, To be driftin' around like a nine-days-drowned on the Western Ocean swell, With never a hand to reef an' furl an' steer an' strike the bell.

We usually go out a long distance, and when the sea is quite still I furl the sail; and we read, rocked by the waves,or rather, she reads and I listen.

'Exhausted but not vanquished we have had to furl our glorious standards in order to await better days,' said Ferdinand of Bulgaria to his soldiers after the conclusion of the Peace of Bucarest; and Budapest, Vienna, and Berlin have no doubt done their best to keep this spirit of revenge alive and to prevent a renascence of the Balkan Alliance.

Once, when it was rather gusty weather, all hands were wanted, and the skipper ordered him to furl a sail.

It was raining, and one of the combatants would not furl his umbrella: his seconds said that it made him a bigger target.

I hastily furl my green umbrella, and step in.

Presently there was an order of "Lay aloft and furl the skysails," and then short shouts resounded from the darkness, showing that the work was being done.

Now it was, "Lay aloft and furl the fore royal;" and ten minutes later, "Lay aloft and furl the main royal."

Now it was, "Lay aloft and furl the fore royal;" and ten minutes later, "Lay aloft and furl the main royal."

Next came, "Lay out forrard and furl the flying jib."

"Lay out and furl it.

Lay out and furl!

Lay up and furl.

His companion was no other than Robert Yarn, the fore-top-man, who, on a former occasion, had been heard to affirm, that he had already enjoyed so singular a view of the lady of the brigantine, while assisting to furl the fore-top-sail of the Coquette.

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