sailin

Tis not a share o 'the catch you wants -- 'tis not altogether the sight o' strange places -- 'tis not t 'master the tricks o' sailin '-- 'tis not t' learn the reefs an 'berths

Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D. Norman Duncan 1893

They're drivin 'sailors an' sailin'-ships off the sea blarst

"Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea Morgan Robertson 1888

Tumm went on; "trust Small Sam Small t 'be off for the ice on the stroke o' the hour for swilers 'sailin' -- an 'a few minutes

Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D. Norman Duncan 1893

An 'then, all of a sudden, she gives a whoopin' big jump right off the top o 'the boat, an' over the side o 'the flume she goes, her strings all a-singin' like mad, an 'sailin' down four hundred feet.

The Spinner's Book of Fiction Various

"Ah nevah even scraped the paint of a boat in ten yeahs o 'sailin', sah," the colored boatman answered, "an 'thar's lots o' shoals, too."

The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries Francis Rolt-Wheeler 1918

"Not includin 'sailin' a vessel," sneered the Cap'n, squinting forward with deep disfavor to where the members of the Smyrna Ancient and Honorable Firemen's Association were contentedly fishing over the side of the sluggish _Dobson_.

The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul Holman Day 1900

Mrs. Brown says she was nigh too mad by this time with the house explodin 'all over again every few minutes an' things as you never have around comin 'sailin' out o 'the windows right in people's faces when they was only there to be neighborly an' look on.

Susan Clegg and a Man in the House Anne Warner 1891

When he was little he was allers buildin 'dams in the brook, an' sailin 'chips, an' runnin 'on the logs; allers choppin' up stickins an 'raftin' 'em together in the pond.

Homespun Tales Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin 1889

"If I hadn't seed them ridin 'round so much on them circus hosses an' sailin 'in them painted boats of their'n, mebbe I'd be willin' to b'lieve that," said Dan.

The Boy Trapper Harry Castlemon 1878

Aw'm capt whativer made Becka ax her, for ther's hardly a woman i'th ginnel but what had leever goa a 'mile another rooad nor meet her; but aw declare shoo's comin' sailin 'daan like a fifty-gun ship!

Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877