bosun

While it was preparing, I explained my design to Joe and the bosun.

The coat of red paint had risen considerably on the dock when the bosun's whistle gave a faint shrill from the deck.

I sprang up from Runnles' side, but the bosun from the bed beyond was before me.

The bosun reloaded in all haste, and fired again when she could not have been above fifty yards distant.