The gun is run in and laid square under the housing-bolt, the bed and quoin removed, the muzzle elevated and secured as in the housing position; then, after un-keying and throwing back the cap-squares, the breech is bowsed up clear of the carriage by means of the train-tackle, hooked in the eye of a runner, the block of which hooks in an eye-bolt in the beam over the gun. ❋ United States. Navy Dept. Bureau Of Ordnance (N/A)
"Hurrah, up with her now, altogether!" came the next cry; and then, the anchor was bowsed up to the cathead to the lively chorus that rang through the ship, the men walking away with the fall as if it had no weight attached to it. ❋ Unknown (N/A)
When a ship has been given the necessary cable, the cable holder is eased up and the compressor "bowsed to"; in a heavy sea, a turn, or if necessary two turns, are taken round the ❋ Various (N/A)
A hook is fixed on each part of the whip, near the block, so that the parts being bowsed on alternately, a full box is brought up on one hook and an empty one lowered by the other, at the same time. ❋ United States. Navy Dept. Bureau Of Ordnance (N/A)
As there was some doubt as to the starboard anchor having gone clear, the port anchor was dropped close to the foot of the Mole and the cable bowsed-to, with less than a shackle out. ❋ Unknown (N/A)
"Not many fellows have been bowsed up in that fashion and cut down so speedily!" ❋ J. [Illustrator] Schonberg (N/A)
"In a moment," Eric said, "the wheelbarrow got bowsed over, when I managed, worse luck, to fall underneath; and then, finding I couldn't get up again, I hailed you, brother." ❋ Unknown (N/A)
The bight of a rope was made into a running knot and hove round the body of the animal; when, the men hauling away with a will at the other end of the line, which was passed through a snatch-block hung in the rigging, the captive was soon bowsed up to the mizzen chains. ❋ J. [Illustrator] Schonberg (N/A)
In bad weather it is kept hooked, bowsed taut, and the end expended through the ring-bolt and round the arms of the rear axle. ❋ United States. Navy Dept. Bureau Of Ordnance (N/A)
` ` Like enough, after the wretches had buried the chest and killed the poor black man, they were so buffeted and bowsed about by the storm that it was shook out of the man's pocket, and thus blew away from him without his knowing aught of it. '' ❋ Unknown (1921)
Double gaskets were passed round the yards, rolling tackles and other gear bowsed taught, and everything made as secure as could be. ❋ Unknown (1909)
These we bent on very carefully, with strong robands and seizings, and making tackles fast to the clews, bowsed them down to the water-ways. ❋ Unknown (1909)
Whenever any of the standing rigging becomes slack, (which is continually happening,) the seizing and coverings must be taken off, tackles got up, and after the rigging is bowsed well taught, the seizings and coverings replaced; coverings which is a very nice piece of work. ❋ Unknown (1909)
It was risky work, especially as the ship was rather shorthanded, to attempt reefing the three topsails all at once, but the job was at last accomplished to the captain's apparent satisfaction, for he sang out for them to come down from aloft; when, the topsail halliards being brought to the capstan, the yards were bowsed again, the slack of the ropes coiled down, and everything made comfortable. ❋ Unknown (1887)
The line, a very slender one, was thrown up, and Bob, gathering in the slack, and noticing that it led from somewhere ahead of the schooner, bowsed it well taut and securely belayed it. ❋ Harry Collingwood (1886)
"Fore tack -- head bowlines -- of all haul!" yells Mr Howard, and the head yards sweep round and are braced hard up, the fore and main tacks are boarded, the weather braces steadied taut, the weather lifts bowsed up, the bowlines hauled, and away goes the saucy _Europa_ on the other tack, having stayed triumphantly in a wind and sea that would have compelled most ships to wear. ❋ Harry Collingwood (1886)
British flag again, so surely will those ropes be hauled taut and ourselves bowsed up to the yard-arm. ❋ Harry Collingwood (1886)
The fellows, by this time quite sober, and fully alive to the perils of their situation, needed no second bidding, but sprang about the deck with all the eager, impetuous haste of men fighting for their lives; and in less time than I could have believed possible they had bowsed out the reef-tackles and were in the fore rigging, on their way aloft to complete the operation of reefing the fore-topsail. ❋ Harry Collingwood (1886)
"Like enough, after the wretches had buried the chest and killed the poor black man, they were so buffeted and bowsed about by the storm that it was shook out of the man's pocket, and thus blew away from him without his knowing aught of it." ❋ Howard Pyle (1882)
[Person A]: Look at that [bowsed] kid over there.
[Person B]: Yeah his hair is so bowsed. ❋ Froge#2221 (2021)
"Dude fuckin' [Greg] went [bowsing] last night."
"Huh?"
"Yeah man, he found a hot chick passed at the party and [railed] her out." ❋ ShadesMcGruff (2009)
[That guy] is a bowse. ([cool], [awesome], anything good) ❋ Stevelen Wesles (2008)
Yo, you are the [bowse] for making [a billion dollars] rather only making [a million]. ❋ The Bowse12345 (2011)
[Makenzie] is a bowse ❋ Rfdrtedefz (2017)
[That girl] is bowse (she is so [attractive] she is [fermenting]) ❋ Ellen (2005)
[Luigi]: Why is there fire coming out of John's mouth
[Daisy]: Oh, he's been [bowsing] ❋ MariosInstagramPage (2022)
[Danny] has been [bowsing] on [Phish] all week. ❋ PhishLovee (2017)
