lying-to

Here and there upon the sea, a black speck marked a herring-boat, drifting with its line of nets; and right off the mouth of the glen, Amyas saw, with a beating heart, a large two-masted vessel lying-to — that must be the “Portugal”!

Westward Ho! 2007

Every man lying-to at his work, with a will that had all his heart and soul in it.

The Perils of Certain English Prisoners 2007

She was probably lying-to ahead of them, perhaps between them and the land; and when, a little after midnight, the wind chopped up to the west, and blew stiffly till day break, they felt sure that, unless she had attempted the desperate expedient of running past them, they had her safe in the mouth of the Bristol

Westward Ho! 2007

Every man lying-to at his work, with a will that had all his heart and soul in it.

The Perils of Certain English Prisoners 2007

It was the most beautiful yet fearful sight I ever beheld; and the sea was surging over our little vessel so as to threaten to fill her: but the hatches were battoned down; we were lying-to on a right tack, and a hawser had been passed round the bits in order to sustain the foremast, in case we lost our bowsprit, as we expected to do every instant.

Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 Maria Graham

They were two 'long, low, black-looking schooners, 'lying-to very quietly, about three miles ahead.

The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 Volume 23, Number 2 Various

The wind was south, and so very severe that the main trysail was blown to atoms, and the ship was lying-to under bare poles, and laying beautifully to the wind, with her helm amidship and perfectly tight.

The Wreck on the Andamans Joseph Darvall

Singularly enough, our brig, which had been lying-to with her head to the northward and westward, since the commencement of our disasters, went about the evening previous to our quitting her as well as if she had been under sail, -- another providential occurrence, for had she remained with her head to the northward, we should have seen nothing of our deliverers.

Thrilling Stories Of The Ocean From Authentic Accounts Of Modern Voyagers And Travellers; Designed For The Entertainment And Instruction Of Young People Marmaduke Park

We've not pulled up -- only lying-to to take in supplies.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, September 10, 1892 Various

We would have been up to her before if she had been lying-to; but she's going ahead too, like ourselves, and not making bad way either, considering the state she's in aloft, and her yawing this way and that.

The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea Henry [Illustrator] Austin