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I got Pagan to come and act as interpreter while the rest were stowing the baggage, etc. 

From Travels in West Africa by Kingsley, Mary H.

When the men were stowing it the engines throbbed and the Miranda turned her head toward open water.

From The Coast of Adventure by Bindloss, Harold

When they were stowing their loading, they broke a hogshead, as is always necessary, and is always done, to fill up the stowage, and to consolidate and keep the whole mass firm and in place.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson

The doctor was busy stowing his bottles away, and the steward was making the pantry shipshape, and our heroes themselves were stowing away all loose gear in their cabins.

From Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" by Stables, Gordon

And when they were stowing themselves away, Freddie found some blankets, which covered himself, his sister and Laddie.

From The Bobbsey Twins in a Great City by Hope, Laura Lee