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She lay-to close to the shore; and, after a while, Amyas saw two boats pull in from her, and vanish behind the mangroves.

Westward Ho! 2007

The open ocean widened upon either board, and the hills of the mainland began to go down on the horizon, before she came to her unhomely destination, and lay-to at last where the rock clapped its black head above the swell, with the tall iron barrack on its spider legs, and the truncated tower, and the cranes waving their arms, and the smoke of the engine-fire rising in the mid-sea.

Memories and Portraits 2005

She lay rolling on the Hilo swell for two hours, and two hours after we sailed her machinery broke down, and we lay-to for five hours, in what they here call a heavy gale and sea.

The Hawaiian Archipelago Isabella Lucy 2004

We were reduced literally to bare poles, and lay-to under a piece of tarpaulin, six times doubled, and about two yards square, fastened up in the mizzen rigging.

A First Year in Canterbury Settlement 2004

Over there that tiny pinpoint of dancing light showed where Princess still lay-to.

Hornblower And The Crisis Forester, C. S. 1967

They reached the other side at about midnight and lay-to about four miles off shore, and put the folboat in the water.

The Breaking Wave Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1955

I lay-to for the night somewhere off the Dodman, between Fowey and Falmouth and about ten miles off shore.

Marazan Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1951

The screw stopped and the steamer lay-to while he climbed down into the ship's canoe and was paddled ashore.

The Book of Missionary Heroes Basil Mathews

"The captain has ordered the ship to lay-to so it can be watched."

Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle; or, Daring Adventures in Elephant Land Victor [pseud.] Appleton

In a short time, bowling up before a good breeze, although it seemed hours to them, they were so anxious, the schooner lay-to off the bay, hoisting her flag as a signal that she wished to communicate.

Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes