mud-scow

A man was one moment too late; but running along the gunwale of a mud-scow, and jumping into a skiff, he was put on board by a black fellow.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 Various

But land-office was familiar before 1700, and side-walk, spelling-bee, bee-line, moss-back, crazy-quilt, mud-scow, stamping-ground and a hundred and one other such compounds were in daily use before the Revolution.

Chapter 2. The Beginnings of American. 3. New Words of English Material Henry Louis 1921

Their darn mud-scow mostly runs here, to Sachigo, and there ain't a thing along the way to interest Idepski -- but Sachigo.

The Man in the Twilight Ridgwell Cullum 1905

'Th' threachrous foe, 'he says,' afther destroyin 'us, sought refuge behind a mud-scow,' he says; 'but nawthin' daunted us.

Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War Finley Peter Dunne 1901

Carrie Pitman; they called his boat a mud-scow, and accused him of dumping garbage to frighten the fish; they offered to tow him and charge it to his wife; and one audacious youth slipped up almost under the counter, smacked it with his open palm, and yelled: "Gid up, Buck!"

Captains Courageous Rudyard Kipling 1900

"Gracious sakes, Betty! is that a mud-scow you came out in?" he asked, as he started to take my hand in his, which was brown with mud, and ended by rubbing his cheek in my palm.

Over Paradise Ridge A Romance Maria Thompson Daviess 1898

Not the meanest mud-scow or harbour tug but would rather have a little mast and

Doctor Claudius, A True Story 1881

There was a big mud-scow lying by the side of the wharf, and I had got under that!

A Jolly Fellowship Frank Richard Stockton 1868

A Chinese junk (or what was intended to look like one, but really resembled a mud-scow), with a party of Mandarins, rich in fans, umbrellas, and pigtails, taking tea on board in a blaze of fantastic lanterns, delighted the children.

Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, Vol. 5 Jimmy's Cruise in the Pinafore, Etc. Louisa May Alcott 1860

Among them are the gunboats, -- a cross between a floating fort, a dredging-machine, and a mud-scow.

My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field Charles Carleton Coffin 1859