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AMIDSHIPS
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
At or near or toward the center of a ship
Example:
in the late 19th century, engines were placed in front, amidships, and at the rear
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Context examples:
We must have been struck squarely amidships, for I saw nothing, the strange steamboat having passed beyond my line of vision.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
In the bow was Kerfoot, Oofty-Oofty in the stern, and Kelly amidships.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
A moment later, as I started down the companion stairs to lay the table for dinner, I heard him loudly cursing some men amidships.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Johansen he thrashed on the amidships deck the other night, since which time the mate has called him by his proper name.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
The men remained grouped amidships.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
We worked feverishly at carrying our plunder on deck and depositing it amidships, so feverishly that Maud, whose strength was hardly a positive quantity, had to give over, exhausted, and sit on the steps at the break of the poop.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
There was nothing stirring amidships.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
He stood by the weather rail for a time (we were lowering over the lee rail), and then sauntered slowly amidships, where he again paused and stood facing the wind, with his back toward us.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
