mudhook

The mudhook was soon down, and good holding ground found.

Motor Boat Boys Mississippi Cruise or, The Dash for Dixie Louis Arundel

"But where's George, and poor old Nick?" asked Herb, as he shook hands with the skipper and crew of the _Tramp_, while Josh got the mudhook overboard.

Motor Boat Boys Mississippi Cruise or, The Dash for Dixie Louis Arundel

"If that there mud sticks to th 'ship like it stuck to this yer mudhook, then we'll need sheer-legs to raise her, Cap'n."

Gold Out of Celebes Aylward Edward Dingle

When her mudhook was down in that peaceful nook, Steve Ferrara turned into his bunk to get a few hours 'sleep against the long night watch.

Poor Man's Rock Bertrand W. Sinclair 1926

Their astonishment increased, however, when Captain Bill at once gave orders for getting the mudhook up, and leaving their anchorage, as well as preceding all the other sealers on the homeward bound trip.

Boy Scouts on Hudson Bay The Disappearing Fleet 1909

The British transport, bound from Vladivostok to Hong-Kong, was destined to swing on her mudhook forty-eight hours.

The Pagan Madonna Harold MacGrath 1901

It was a port of call, since fortnightly a British mail-boat dropped her mudhook in the bay.

The Ragged Edge Harold MacGrath 1901

To be sure, it's no sort of a place for a squeamish person, aboard a loaded schooner whose mudhook clutches bottom while the sea flings her about, but the masters and crews of coal-luggers are not squeamish.

Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 Holman Day 1900

Keep her loafin 'on her mudhook in a norther or a fog.

Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 Holman Day 1900

"Ought to have taken a rising vote of dudes, hey, to find out whether I had the right to h'ist my mudhook or not?"

Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 Holman Day 1900