fill away
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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"All right, then," said the skipper, chocking his axe viciously into a sapling birch and leaving it there, "I'll fill away on another tack."
From The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul by Day, Holman
The same commendation was given to the first lieutenant, after the barge had been hauled up to the davits, and the order given for the ship to fill away again.
From Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat by Optic, Oliver
But in less than ten minutes, and before they had made a single mile, they saw the Josephine fill away, and stand towards them.
From Down the Rhine Young America in Germany by Optic, Oliver
He ordered the second lieutenant to fill away for the narrows, and once more the Storm King went dashing over the waves in pursuit of the Crusoe men.
From No Moss The Career of a Rolling Stone by Castlemon, Harry
Immediately ordered the officer to fill away; went on deck, and at a glance perceived that the sail was a brig running clear of us, and some distance astern.
From The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter by Semmes, Raphael
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