Marline

A rope was lowered with a hook upon the end of it; to the hook a canvas bag was lashed with marline. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The British were still seven to one; their carronades, loaded with marline-spikes, swept the gun-deck, of which we had possession, and decimated our little force; when a rifle-ball from the shrouds of the ❋ Unknown (2006)

If he thinks there's even a chance you're going to lay for him with a marline spike, he'll back off of you. ❋ Hobb, Robin (1998)

And it was inconceivable that she would have gone - the Charlotte Meiner I knew would have clobbered you over the head with a marline spike. ❋ MacLean, Alistair, 1922-1987 (1966)

When a uniformed policeman shoves his uniformed cap above your gunwale in the dark watches of the night, you don't whack him over the head with a marline-spike. ❋ MacLean, Alistair, 1922-1987 (1966)

It was blowing 'great guns and marline-spikes' from the S.S.W. with tremendous sea on Feb. 7, 1865, when there was seen in the rifts of the storm a full-rigged ship on the Goodwin Sands. ❋ Thomas Stanley Treanor (N/A)

Of course I assisted him as well as I could under the circumstances, but as he limped along towards the companion-hatchway, the leader of the desperadoes, that villainous "marquis," who I thought had met with his just deserts long since, not having seen him for some little time among the other fighters, most unexpectedly jumped from the rigging in front of the colonel and aimed a vindictive blow at him with a marline-spike. ❋ Henry [Illustrator] Austin (N/A)

"Blatheration!" exclaimed my chum, smacking the butt of his rifle on the deck and making the petty officer who was on the other side of the hatchway jump round in a jiffy, looking marline-spikes in our direction. ❋ John B. [Illustrator] Greene (N/A)

The course of instruction embraces a short review of arithmetic, grammar, and geography, a thorough drill in marline-spikework, handling sails, boats, oars, etc. ❋ Various (N/A)

Every day we read of outrageous assaults upon him with marline-spikes and other perverted marine stores, by brutal skippers and flagitious mates, whose proper end would be the yard-arm and the rope's end. ❋ Various (N/A)

Corbett got to work on deck with spun-yarn, marline-spike, and knife. ❋ Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 (1939)

This was well enough at first, but the buccaneers, who cared much less for a broken crown than for a bullet wound, pressed in closer and closer, striking with fists and marline-spikes. ❋ Unknown (1934)

His gastric juices would have dissolved a marline-spike, and he even made short work of the greater portion of a pair of ammunition boots belonging to the ❋ Unknown (1925)

For blasphemy and swearing there was "an excellent good way" [28] of forcing the sinner to hold a marline-spike in his mouth, until his tongue was bloody (_Teonge_). ❋ John Masefield (1922)

For answer they jeered and made catcalls, flinging a marline-spike at me. ❋ John Masefield (1922)

The wire used was generally as thick as sailor's marline stuff, or two twisted rope-yarns. ❋ John Masefield (1922)

"All off," Mr. Murphy declared to the American consul and dropped his marline-spike, as Matt Peasley ripped left and right, right and left into Ole Peterson's dish face. ❋ Unknown (1918)

A few balls of marline come in conveniently as also does heavy linen fish-line. ❋ Unknown (1914)