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  • Athenians had no ships absolutely sunk, but about seven of them were rendered useless; for they were struck full in front by the beaks of the Corinthian vessels, which had the projecting beams of their prows designedly built thicker, and their bows were stoven in.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • In the first engraving a noble Sperm Whale is depicted in full majesty of might, just risen beneath the boat from the profundities of the ocean, and bearing high in the. air upon his back the terrific wreck of the stoven planks.

    Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

  • The 'Stovenzetster,' a woman who acts as verger, shows the good people to their seats and provides the women, if the weather is cold, with 'warme stoven' (hot stoves), to keep their feet comfortable.

    Dutch Life in Town and Country P. M. Hough

  • The paddle shivered, but it was madness to embark on the stoven craft.

    A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. William Stearns Davis 1903

  • The captain, after securing the end of the severed whale-line, attached it to the line in the third officer's boat, and then told me to get into the stoven boat, and remain by the whale, while he carried the rescued crew to the ship.

    The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories William Patten 1902

  • I got my air-pipe coiled over a large sliver from the stoven hole, and could not reach it with my hands.

    Eric or, Under the Sea 1889

  • Sperm Whale is depicted in full majesty of might, just risen beneath the boat from the profundities of the ocean, and bearing high in the air upon his back the terrific wreck of the stoven planks.

    Moby Dick, or, the whale Herman Melville 1855

  • In the first engraving a noble Sperm Whale is depicted in full majesty of might, just risen beneath the boat from the profundities of the ocean, and bearing high in the. air upon his back the terrific wreck of the stoven planks.

    Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855

  • 'Think, think of thy whale - boat, stoven and sunk!

    Moby-Dick, or, The Whale 1851

  • In the first engraving a noble Sperm Whale is depicted in full majesty of might, just risen beneath the boat from the profundities of the ocean, and bearing high in the air upon his back the terrific wreck of the stoven planks.

    Moby-Dick, or, The Whale 1851

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