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- interjection nautical
make haste !
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Examples
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An English lad and myself went up to furl it; and we had just got the bunt up, when the mate called out to us, something, we did not hear what, but supposing it to be an order to bear-a-hand, we hurried, and made all fast, and came down, feeling our way among the rigging.
Chapter XXXIV. Narrow Escapes-The Equator-Tropical Squalls-A Thunder Storm 1909
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In a few minutes it camethree knocks on the scuttle, and All hands ahoy! bear-a-hand up and make sail.
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In a few minutes it came-three knocks on the scuttle, and "All hands ahoy! bear-a-hand [note 1] up and make sail."
Two years before the mast, and twenty-four years after: a personal narrative 1869
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An English lad and myself went up to furl it; and we had just got the bunt up, when the mate called out to us, something, we did not hear what, - but supposing it to be an order to bear-a-hand, we hurried, and made all fast, and came down, feeling our way among the rigging.
Two years before the mast, and twenty-four years after: a personal narrative 1869
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An English lad and myself went up to furl it; and we had just got the bunt up, when the mate called out to us, something, we did not hear what, -- but supposing it to be an order to bear-a-hand, we hurried, and made all fast, and came down, feeling our way among the rigging.
Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana 1848
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In a few minutes it came, -- three knocks on the scuttle, and ` ` All hands ahoy! bear-a-hand [1] up and make sail. ''
Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana 1848
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An English lad and myself went up to furl it; and we had just got the bunt up, when the mate called out to us something, we did not hear what, -- but, supposing it to be an order to bear-a-hand, we hurried and made all fast, and came down, feeling our way among the rigging.
Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana 1848
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a few minutes it came -- three knocks on the scuttle, and "All hands ahoy! bear-a-hand up and make sail."
Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana 1848
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