How To Use Grummet In A Sentence
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The mate, who acted as boat-steerer, now came to his proper place in the stern, where he guided the boat by an oar passed through a ring called a grummet, while the headsman, who had before been steering, took his place in the bow, armed with several lances, ready to plunge into the body of the whale the instant it again appeared.
The Voyage of the "Steadfast" The Young Missionaries in the Pacific
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Hardenberg, at a loss for an answer, feigned an interest in the grummets of the life-boat cover and left me to lie as best I might.
A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West
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The ordinary seamen, younkers, grummets, and ship-boys, did the work aloft, furled and loosed the sails, and did the ordinary, never-ceasing work of sailors.
On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien.
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In like manner, when the occasion for their use has passed, the raising of the boom will cause the nets to come alongside, when they can either be brailed up through the grummets or disconnected for future use.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 601, July 9, 1887
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Now the gun was being carefully pushed forth, advantage being taken of the opening under the canvas cover, where Phil had released a couple of the grummets.
Chums in Dixie or The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat
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This example was followed by the rest: Seeing this, Pat secured several about his neck, and then getting into his grummet he descended.
The Three Admirals
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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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Flags made of the best all-wool double-warped U.S. government standard bunting, 45 stars sewn in the field, both sides, with canvas headings, best lacquered brass grummets, and all double stitched.
The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 2, No. 11, March 17, 1898 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls
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It had grummets and was laced down at the edge with cord.
A Farewell To Arms
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And, looking down, I saw him and the second lieutenant forthwith whip out their knives and begin hacking away at a creeper, wherewith to make grummets to assist them in their attempt at tree-climbing.
The Congo Rovers A Story of the Slave Squadron
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They did buck in with their funny bamboo oars, long things like bakers 'bread shovels, with square or round blades tied with string to the end of a bamboo, which worked in a hemp grummet on a single wooden thole pin.
From Edinburgh to India & Burmah
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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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The tunnels as above noted have been lined with concrete reinforced with steel rods, and prior to the placing of the concrete the joints were caulked, the bolts grummeted, and the tunnels rendered practically water-tight; the present quantity of water to be disposed of does not exceed 300 gal. per 24 hours in each tunnel 6,100 ft. long.
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad, The North River Division. Paper No. 1151
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Then pressing against the tree firmly with my feet I gave the grummet a quick jerk upward and again worked myself up the trunk with my knees as before.
The Congo Rovers A Story of the Slave Squadron
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A chimney was soon fitted, made by Kerr out of the tin lining of one of the biscuit – cases, and passed through a close – fitting tin grummet sewn into the canvas of the roof just between the keels of the two boats, and the smoke nuisance was soon a thing of the past.
South: the story of Shackleton’s last expedition 1914–1917
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Grummet waved his flag energetically from the crest of the beach, and the coastguardmen busied themselves in making such slight preparations as were in their power to assist the crew in escaping from the wreck.
For Treasure Bound
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This he twisted into a huge grummet round the tree, leaving space enough for his own body to get in also.
The Three Admirals
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The damaged net was taken away and one of the old service grummet nets slung in its place, the cylinders containing the gun cotton being attached to the jackstay immediately in front of the battered sides, and 30 feet from the hulk, and sunk to a distance of 20 feet below the water line, which would bring it about opposite the bend of the bilge.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 601, July 9, 1887
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Just now a rope grummet, thrown by an elderly youth at a tub, rolled under his legs, and the judge handed it back most politely, and resumed contemplation.
From Edinburgh to India & Burmah
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Tholes or grummets for the oars they twisted out of manatee hide.
On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien.
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All right, I will," Larry observed; and later on when making preparations for sleeping he was unusually careful to tuck himself well in, and draw down the curtains close to him, fastening them securely with the grummets that were meant to clutch the round-headed screws along the side.
Chums in Dixie or The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat
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The buccaneers made grummets, or rings, of it, for use in their row boats instead of tholes or rowlocks.
On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien.
