Which preposition to use with buoying

in Occurrences 8%

The little creature thus described sometimes propelled itself with great activity, with a curious rolling motion, by the lashing of the front cilium, while the second cilium trailed behind; sometimes it anchored itself by the hinder cilium and was spun round by the working of the other, its motions resembling those of an anchor buoy in a heavy sea.

on Occurrences 5%

Being weighted at the lower end it rapidly sinks, and, buoyed on the upper side with pieces of cork, it makes a perpendicular wall in the water.

by Occurrences 4%

It was battered to pieces by gunfire, and a half dozen sailors, picked up clinging to a buoy by a Danish ship, told of its commander and two seamen serving its only remaining gun until the last minute, when the commander's leg was blown off.

for Occurrences 3%

The raft serves likewise as a buoy for the captured animal.

of Occurrences 3%

The float is usually formed of stone or iron, and is so counterbalanced as to make its operation the same as if it were a buoy of timber; and it is generally put in connection with the feed valve, so that in proportion as the float rises, the supply of feed water is diminished.

over Occurrences 3%

Taking his seat, he threw out a handful of rich chords; the instrument seemed to diffuse a purple cloud; then, buoyed over perfect accompaniment, the voice rose in that one love-song of the world.

at Occurrences 3%

As we passed the tender, it was moving the red buoy at the mouth of our creek farther out into the river.

with Occurrences 2%

Another device was that of altering the position of light vessels and buoys with the object of putting a submarine on to a shoal.

to Occurrences 2%

a series of wire nets of wide mesh carrying mineswas in process of being placed by us right across the Straits from the South Goodwin Buoy to the West Dyck Bank, a length of 28 miles, it being arranged that the French would continue the barrage from this position to the French coast.

of Occurrences 1%

Now and then the latter would jump up to haul in or let out the main sheet a little, and once or twice he pointed out some slight alteration which had been recently made in the buoying of the river.

as Occurrences 1%

The story of the forethought of the abbot of Aberbrothok in placing the bell on the buoy as a warning to sailors is an ancient one, and one old writer thus gives the tradition made use of by Southey in this poem: "In old times upon the said rocke there was a bell fixed upon a timber, which rang continually, being moved by the sea, giving notice to saylers of the danger.

between Occurrences 1%

Mark beat up, on short tacks, therefore, until he found the two buoys between which he had brought the ship, and passing to windward of them, he stood off in the direction where he expected to find the reef over which the Rancocus had beaten.

during Occurrences 1%

Clerambault clung despairingly to this buoy during the succeeding nights, feeling that if his hold gave way he should go under.

from Occurrences 1%

I tore a gas-buoy from its rack and tossed it toward the screw, in which direction he must have been swept.

through Occurrences 1%

The coast-wise skipper in making a fog-bound harbor will see a buoy through a slight shift in fog, while a landsman might look in vain.

toward Occurrences 1%

" At the same time, holding to both of them, but kicking frantically with his feet, Dalzell managed slowly to push the buoys toward Dave.

above Occurrences 1%

When she became over-tired, and was obliged to stay in her room, he was miserable, blaming himself for suggesting some expedition that had been too much for her strength, so often buoyed above its natural level by enthusiasm.

Which preposition to use with  buoying