How To Use Bight In A Sentence
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With their secluded anchorages and bights, Anacapa and the other Channel Islands fairly beckon sailboat skippers.
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Bights of buntline and other ropes were dangling from above, only waiting to be swung from.
The Blue Lagoon: a romance
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The mizzen-topsail, which was a comparatively new sail and close reefed, split from head to foot in the bunt; the foretopsail went in one rent from clew to caring, and was blowing to tatters; one of the chain bobstays parted; the spritsailyard sprung in the slings, the martingale had slued away off to leeward; and owing to the long dry weather the lee rigging hung in large bights at every lurch.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11
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bight," which gave us, at high tide, a few square feet of sand-beach between the sea and the bottom of the hill.
Two Years Before the Mast
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The southern California bight region, Baja peninsula and waters offshore of central California are emerging as major regions of bluefin tuna residency.
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Leaf headed his boat around to the small bight where the large power boat was tied, manoeuvred up to her and rafted alongside.
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When we facilitate groups, we use a captive eye biner attached to the rope with a regular figure eight on a bight.
Undefined
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At last we found our way out of the heart of the Goodwins, and got into the deep, wide swatchway called the Ramsgate Man's Bight.
Heroes of the Goodwin Sands
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Just where we landed was a small cove, or "bight," which gave us, at high tide, a few square feet of sand-beach between the sea and the bottom of the hill.
Two years before the mast, and twenty-four years after: a personal narrative
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He trotted across the level deck to Skipper, who, standing erect on wide-spread legs, the bight of the mainsheet still in his hand, was exclaiming:
CHAPTER V
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I called "Limmen Bight River;" from its disemboguing into Limmen Bight.
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845
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Ay, I'm no sayin 'ye may no be richt, sir," answered the first lieutenant; "but it'll be an unco strain upon the spars to set thae to'gallants'ls; our new rigging has stretched until it's all hangin 'in bights, as ye may see for yoursel' by lookin 'at it.
A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy
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In this great region of swamps every mile appears like every other mile until you get well used to it, and are able to distinguish the little local peculiarities at the entrance of the rivers and in the winding of the creeks, a thing difficult even for the most experienced navigator to do during those thick wool-like mists called smokes, which hang about the whole Bight from November till
Travels in West Africa
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Therefore, the emerging church's disdain for Bush (as well as "American Christianity") and cultural awareness has made for an effective evangelistic force on the otherwise bighted cultural landscape of Europe.
Ochuk's blog
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His chief fear had been that the rope-length would give out while he was still high up, but there was still a good bight in Frodo’s hands, when Sam came to the bottom and called up: ‘I’m down!’
The Lord of the Rings
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The oceans were reduced two in number; the larger by far was the enormous Panthalassa Ocean, roughly equivalent to the Pacific of today, while the smaller Tethys Ocean lay as a gigantic bight on the eastern side of Pangaea.
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This told us that we had a bight of 155 metres, much more than would normally have been used.
DOUBTFUL MOTIVES
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For convenience in handling rope and learning the various knots, ties, and bends, we use the terms "standing part," "bight," and "end" (Fig. 3).
Knots, Splices and Rope Work A Practical Treatise
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bight" -- surrounded by ships and the men who sail them -- I might almost have been a hardy newspaper man!
Shandygaff
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Whipping out his knife, he quickly cut a long length of "monkey-rope" or creeper, and twisting the tough pliant stem into a grummet round the trunk of the tree, he bade me pass the bight over my shoulders, and then showed me how, with its aid,
The Congo Rovers A Story of the Slave Squadron
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the Great Australian Bight
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We round the bight and suddenly the cacophony ceases.
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While everybody was thus occupied with things immediately concerning their safety, nobody paid any attention to the approach of a boat, which had set out from a kind of bight in the face of the mountain.
The Second Deluge
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The rope, fast to the block and following it, lashed about like a blacksnake, and, though the block fell clear of Mr. Mellaire, the bight of the rope snatched off his cap.
CHAPTER XLII
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Bight on Cabernet's heels are Merlot and, in the cooler, southern end of the valley (known as Carneros, an appellation Napa shares with Sonoma), Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.
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Bight, fungus, bacterial infection - the vulnerable tomatoes were threatened at every sprout.
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The offshore waters are typically tempestuous, but winds in the channel's eastern bight will be only 10 to 15 knots.
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He also learned the trick of using improvised wire strainers - a lever stuck into a stapled bight of wire.
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He had allowed 350 metres of nylon cable to provide a proper bight for the anchor.
DOUBTFUL MOTIVES
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The threatened Australian sea lion is found only in the Great Australian Bight, which arcs around the southern shore of the continent.
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Couldn't see the mountains but Lake Taupo and the Taranaki bight were visible.
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Then pull a bight of the top rope trough the initial loop, and continue to the end of the sling/cordelette.
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Pete finally settled on an arrangement that he was happy with, consisting of a butterfly and a long loop leading to a bowline on the bight.
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One is hastily procured, and the first captain -- a great, brawny, good-natured fellow, who has spent years at sea -- deftly fastens the bight of the rope to the handle of the breechblock.
A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee"
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There are always shoals of whales about that part, and it is supposed a 'bight' of the cable lying off the ground got wound up like a rope round a screw.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
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The third division seems to have followed along the bottom of the Gulf of Carpentaria to its most south – easterly bight, and then to have turned off by the first practicable line in
An account of the manners and customs of the Aborigines and the state of their relations with Europeans, by Edward John Eyre
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Red took a bight from the loose chain and flicked a couple of hitches over the post.
THE MAIN CAGES
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Oaxyctl held up the bight of a line, the loop flopping over, and tied a sheepshank.
Crystal Rain
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In this manner we had advanced about four miles to the westward by eight P.M., after eleven hours of very laborious exertion; and having then come to the end of the clear water, and the weather being again foggy, the ships were secured in a deep "bight," or bay in a floe, called by the sailors a
Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 1
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Then in a tiny bight of road, beside a heap of stones, I found the roadman.
The Thirty-Nine Steps
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Figure I is a double bight, which is laid over the top of the pack, so that the two loops hang, well down, half on each side.
Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies
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Convergence of shelf water flows from the Middle and South Atlantic Bights (MAB and SAB) upon Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, presents a potential barrier to the exchange of fish larvae between bights.
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The two-storey white stucco lodge with yellow trim and shaded by a beautiful almond tree is situated a good bonefish cast from the warm waters of the Middle Bight, situated on the east coast of Andros island.
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It's a blustery day on Humble Island, a tiny speck of rock tucked into a bight on the south end of Anvers Island, Antarctica.
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Peaks, on the main topmast-stay, caught Howe in the very act of passing the gasket through the bight of the buntline.
Down the Rhine Young America in Germany
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We'll go back around the point and into that last small bight we passed on our way here.
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They were positioned to the port side of the nose at our ten o'clock, in order to remain clear of the 3-wire's bight on the retract.
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At the head of the bight is a lagoon; but the entrance proving to be very shallow, and finding no security, we continued on our voyage; trusting that some place of shelter would present itself, if obliged to seek it by necessity.
A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 2
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Accordingly, acting under his directions I placed myself within the bight, and tucking it well up under my arm-pits, slid the grummet up the trunk as high as it would go.
The Congo Rovers A Story of the Slave Squadron
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Photographer AJ Wilhelm and I have been chasing local and sustainable food - anything with fins, scales and gills -- wherever we could: we fished for bluefish off Orchard Beach in the Bronx, striped bass in the Verazzano Narrows, blackfish from the bottom of the New York Bight and everything that swims in Jamaica Bay.
Aram Roston: Deadliest Catch Brooklyn Style: The Fish You Catch in New York City
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To all appearances, a runaway yacht was careering madly over the bight, and now and again yielding a little bit to control in a desperate effort to make Benicia.
The King of the Greeks
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Elsewhere there is pealing for peeling ; bite for bight ; straights for straits ; gamble for gambol ; canon for cannon .
Coastal Disturbances
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The following day was spent in examining a bight, but we were prevented from penetrating to the bottom by the shoalness of the water.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1
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Worth waiting for, though: The offshore waters are typically tempestuous, but winds in the channel's eastern bight will be only 10 to 15 knots.
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Most of ours live aboard vessels moored more or less permanently outside the marina breakwater, in a shallow bight known as Fools' Anchorage.
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This told us that we had a bight of 155 metres, much more than would normally have been used.
DOUBTFUL MOTIVES
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Red took a bight from the loose chain and flicked a couple of hitches over the post.
THE MAIN CAGES
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Personnel conducting any evolution that involves the use of ropes need to be aware of where they are standing at all times and avoid stepping into bights.
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He had allowed 350 metres of nylon cable to provide a proper bight for the anchor.
DOUBTFUL MOTIVES
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Pete finally settled on an arrangement that he was happy with, consisting of a butterfly and a long loop leading to a bowline on the bight.
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The bights are looped about the bout and the end peg and thus permit removable mounting of the support member to the violin.
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Then, having got the first gun on deck -- already prepared in Port Royal dockyard, by being encased in a stout cylindrical packing of planks -- we passed the bights of our two hawsers round it, one at each end, and with all hands tailing on -- except one, whom we set to watch as a sentinel -- proceeded to parbuckle it up the face of the cliff.
A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy
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To all appearances, a runaway yacht was careering madly over the bight, and now and again yielding a little bit to control in a desperate effort to make Benicia.
The King of the Greeks
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January 2nd, 2010 10: 59 am ET this jerk is a republican with an agenda of NO and nothing else he is racist biggoted and out right lier. should have to step down. like most of the republicans are taking a big risk on every thing being NO NO NO it might come back and bight them in the ass ..
McConnell: 'Our greatest challenges will be met'
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Sal sent the sack up on a bight of slack, then came up on a tight rope and the sling.
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Days after the accident, ABP issued a notice to pilots telling them they should avoid passing in bights - areas where rivers curve - and emphasising they should always clearly communicate their intentions to the pilots of other ships.
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We learn from the officers who took the sick and wounded alongside of the Kearsarge that her midship section was completely protected by chain bighted from her rail to the water's edge, which was broken and indented in many places by our shot, but did not penetrate her, so that we were in fact fighting an ironclad!
Recollections of a naval life : including the cruises of the Confederate States steamers, "Sumter" and "Alabama",
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The bight of a rope was made into a running knot and hove round the body of the animal; when, the men hauling away with a will at the other end of the line, which was passed through a snatch-block hung in the rigging, the captive was soon bowsed up to the mizzen chains.
The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea
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the Bight of Benin
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Pete finally settled on an arrangement that he was happy with, consisting of a butterfly and a long loop leading to a bowline on the bight.
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Bring the knotted end over the long twine, forming a bight, then _over_ and _under_ its own twine with the single tie (_H_).
On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls
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-- In a floe may be natural or artificial; the former being simply a small "bight," in which a ship is placed to secure her from the danger of external pressure; and the latter, a square space cut out with saws for a similar purpose.
Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 1
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That night we slid into Tomb Bay, where Lycian rock tombs glare over a sheltered bight and cicadas yell from oleanders.
