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Usage examples of oars.

As before, the attentive ship having descried the whole fight, again came bearing down to the rescue, and dropping a boat, picked up the floating mariners, tubs, oars, and whatever else could be caught at, and safely landed them on her decks.

These floated aside, the broken ends drooping, the crew at the stern-wreck clinging to the gunwales, and striving to hold fast to the oars to lash them across.

The cutter without an order was freed, sliding sideways and outwards from the receiving hulk until all the oars were shipped and clear and the men began to pull towards the shore.

His men hung on their oars while he spoke to William, the penetrating power of his voice transfixing all on deck.

There were two water men at the oars, and he sensed their ears prick up.

They shortened up the bow ropes of the towing boats, jumping down into them to bail them out and unlash the oars and ship the rudders.

Without hesitation, they made shift to ship their oars, and pulled back towards the lugger to pick up other men.

Swimming round it we picked up the floating oars, and lashing them across the gunwale, tumbled back to our places.

The oars were useless as propellers, performing now the office of life-preservers.

Soon it went down, and while, with oars suspended, we were awaiting its reappearance, lo!

Then Gabriel shrieked out to his comrades to give way with their oars, and in that manner the mutinous boat rapidly shot away from the Pequod.

You have got out insurances on our lives and want to give way with their oars, and pocket the proceeds, do ye?

Setting sail to the rising wind, the lonely boat was swiftly impelled to leeward, by both oars and canvas.

Arcole took up the noose and Var the oars, and they moved a little distance from the schooner.

They drifted closer to the bank than was comfortable, but he dared not ply the oars yet, for fear the demons spot them.