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 Holman Day
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 Harry Castlemon
The officer told Captain Tilton that when the British ensign was hauled down, he might fill away, and proceed on his voyage.
From Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale by John Sherburne Sleeper
The men on the ship beseeched Morgan to fill away and abandon their comrades.
From Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main by Will Crawford
Instead of obeying the order, the boatman hauled in his sheet, and the sloop began to fill away.
From Stand By The Union by L. J. (Lewis Jesse) Bridgman
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