Here and there an adventurous genius coins a phrase for the benefit of posterity,as we once heard a mate order a couple of men to "go forrard and trim the ship's whiskers," to the utter bewilderment of his captain, who, in thirty years' following of the sea, had never heard the martingale chains and stays so designated.

The consequence of all which, ishere's my horse; find the martingale, you black cub!the consequence is, that my office work is not done as it should be, and I shall be compelled to get another clerk in addition to that villain, Roundjacket.

yoke, collar, halter, harness; muzzle, gag, bit, brake, curb, snaffle, bridle; rein, reins; bearing rein; martingale; leading string; tether, picket, band, guy, chain; cord &c (fastening) 45; cavesson^, hackamore [U.S.], headstall, jaquima

I felt no uneasiness at the proximity of these two cruisers, for I knew a boat could not live,our ship fairly pitching her martingale into the water at her anchors.

His horse was literally covered with various trappings, in the way of cavesons, martingales, and Heaven knows how many other (to me) unknown inventions.

St. Anthony's Guild (PWH); 17Nov65; R373175. KIRBY, HELEN. Martingale; the story of a foolish virgin.

Filly, the niece of Martingale; verses & pictures.

St. Anthony's Guild (PWH); 17Nov65; R373175. KIRBY, HELEN. Martingale; the story of a foolish virgin.

Filly, the niece of Martingale; verses & pictures.

"The martingale," I heard the men whisper behind me.

That smile has turn'd my stomach: this is right the old Embleme of the Moyle cropping of Thistles: Lord what a hunting head she carries, sure she has been ridden with a Martingale.

He was the one with the bearing rein and the white martingale.

One thing after another went; the topgallants shook loose and had to be sent down; the chain bobstays parted and the martingale slued out of place; one of the anchors broke its fastenings and hammered at the side; the galley gave way and went slopping into the lee scuppers.

For more than half an hour three men were out on the guys and backropes endeavoring to reset the martingale, deluged over and over by seas, and at last driven in beaten.

"A half-rigged brig, with her fore-top-gallant-mast fidded abaft, a double martingale, and a standing gaft;" observed the methodical and technical mariner, as another would have recounted the peculiarities of complexion, or of feature, in some individual who was the subject of a personal description.

"So much so, that I have said the skiff was pulled beneath her martingale, without a hail!

I have been under the martingale of the Frenchman, and you see that I am here.

A round fiery light shot beyond the martingale, and the smoke rolled along the sea, outstripped by a crowd of missiles that were hissing across the water.