dead-light

The padre, who had opened the "vicarage" dead-light about an inch to get a breath of air, was promptly spotted by an indignant Number One who said that it made the ship look like a floating gin palace.

Pan-Islam

"Closin 'this dead-light, of course," explained Tankred.

Never-Fail Blake Arthur Stringer 1912

He leaned forward and scrubbed the dead-light for the tenth time.

The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life Homer Eon Flint 1908

The engineer glanced through the dead-light at the reddish disk of the

The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life Homer Eon Flint 1908

The iron hatches were closed, the dead-light covers put on, and obstructions removed from the main deck, so as to present a smooth surface only twenty-four inches above the water, unbroken, save by the turret and pilot-house.

The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 (of 2) Willis J. Abbot 1898

` We all saw her -- a spanking-looking craft with a dead-light mounted on one side. '

The Captain of the Polestar and other Tales 1894

"What boat is it?" inquired the latter, eagerly, throwing open the dead-light of his room and gazing out along the shore.

The Young Alaskans Emerson Hough 1890

The captain slammed shut the dead-light and turned moodily to his desk.

The Young Alaskans Emerson Hough 1890

He removed his coat and vest, closed the door and dead-light, filled and lighted his black pipe, and rolled into the berth with a seaman's sigh of contentment.

"Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea Morgan Robertson 1888

Bigpig Monahan sneaked below and induced the steward to toss through the store-room dead-light every bottle of wine and liquor which the ship contained.

"Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea Morgan Robertson 1888