I picked up the big marlinespike and showed it to him in the light of the torch.

It is used to work with rope and canvas in marlinespike seamanship.

Kharl wondered if the sailor had a knife or a marlinespike.

Ronica nodded at Rache, but did not put down the marlinespike.

The man dropped his marlinespike and stepped back.

As the name suggests, the type of rod traditionally used with this hitch is a marlinespike.

On the deck near his feet lay a sheet of vellum, weighted down by a marlinespike.

When his money ran out, he staggered into the street and beat a man to death with his marlinespike for six pennies.

A piece of wood showed among the rubble on the desk, the blunt end of a marlinespike.

She kept hold of the marlinespike, but her wrists quivered, and she lowered it.

It had been Captain Vestrit's conceit to keep a marlinespike on the corner of his desk.

A marlinespike is used in working with wire rope, may be used to open shackles, and is made of metal.

I could feel the ache in my hands from the tension of my grip round marlinespike and opened clasp knife.

He's sitting in black shadow not ten yards from the wireless office with a marlinespike in his hand and highland murder in his heart.

Balsca nodded, bought a bottle to take with him and surreptitiously filched a rope-scarred marlinespike from the rack beside the door on his way out.

A bosun must be highly skilled in all matters of marlinespike seamanship required for working on deck of a seagoing vessel.

She took two long steps and seized the marlinespike, yanking it off the desk in a shower of rubbish and clanging oddments.

Then, as the passerby went by the dark mouth of an alleyway, Balsca stepped up behind him and rapped him smartly across the base of the skull with his marlinespike.

I fumbled round in the darkness, found what I wanted, a heavy marlinespike, and then was on my way, marlinespike in one hand, macdonald's knife in the other.

It had reached its highest point and was just started on the downswing when the bast of the heavy marlinespike caught him on the back of the neck with all my weight and fury behind it.

I was over that baffle before I had time to think, before I knew what I was doing; the bo'sun's knife was in my hand, the needle-pointed marlinespike open, the locking shackle closed.

When he gave the signal I tossed the marlinspike.

A fid differs from a marlinspike in material and purpose.

The marlinspike may be a separate tool or one item on a pocket knife.

He returns to Marlinspike and tells the Captain about the events of the day.

Its common name is thought to derive from its resemblance to a sailor's marlinspike.

A Marlinspike is usually made of steel, between 3 inches and 5 feet long, with a tip shaped like a duck's bill.

Abdullah proceeds to cause chaos at Marlinspike with his practical jokes.

Another time he dropped a steel marlinspike from the mizzen crosstree.

They're accessorized with a knife and a marlinspike (for untangling knots).

If heavily loaded it can be difficult or impossible to untie without the aid of a marlinspike.

That night, two thieves break into Marlinspike Hall and steal the blue orange.

The long-billed fish marlin is named after the marlinspike.

As it is, I'd put no odds on him layin' for ye with a marlinspike or something of the kind."

All turns out well and they are back at Marlinspike Hall for a celebration and photos.

I want to give Moxie Marlinspike the props that he deserves for sort of pulling this together.

Jaric jammed his marlinspike through the plies in the rope and caught her teasing fingers.

The sailor on watch lounged by the port capstan, cleaning his nails with a marlinspike.

Which sounds like what's his name, Moxie Marlinspike.

Calculus maintains a laboratory at Marlinspike Hall, in which he conducts various experiments.

A shackle key or metal marlinspike are useful tools for loosening a tight nut.

He is the long-suffering butler of Marlinspike Hall.

Graypatch balanced an iron marlinspike in his claw.

There was an interesting blog post because Moxie Marlinspike's Convergence.

A civilian version of this knife featuring a plastic polymer trapdoor handle, without marlinspike was also made.

She opened her eyes, found him weaving a splice with his marlinspike, and promptly pinched his flank.

Paul wore another one in a scabbard, along with a marlin spike."

He watched Nicko go to the chain locker and come back with a marlin spike.

He seized the marlin spike totraverse the stubby black barrel.

"Was he wearing the scabbard with the knife and marlin spike when you rolled his body overboard?"

Jackman grumbled, "We should have brought some kind of hook, like a long marlin spike.

Nicko is starting to lift the marlin spike, swinging it in an arc above his head.

Cannonballs, marlin spikes eve ii a small water cask.

He stood there holding the marlin spike, my little fat brother, smelling of sweat, mine own executioner.

While they rummaged through the tools for the pliers, he got the marlin spike wedged between his taped hands.

The marlin spike swings higher.

The officier marinier, having no sword to surrender, stoically offered Chase a marlin spike instead.

"Blast my marlin spikes!"

It will even grip a tapered object, such as a marlin spike, in the direction of taper, similar to the Icicle hitch.

Carter had other things on his mind-chiefly "Olaf, who was running toward him full tilt, swinging the marlin spike in a murderous arc.

Cumbrae jerked the marlin spike from his belt and, his boatswain at' his side, raced silently to the bows.

One can even suspend from a tapered post (such as a Marlin Spike) with this knot (hence the name "icicle hitch").

He was a small man, but his fingers were work-toughened, hard as iron marlin spikes He found Hal's windpipe and blocked it off ruthlessly.

he poured a handful of powder into the culverin's touch hole as Aboli used an iron marlin spike to train the barrel around.

The seaman in charge was a wizened man with long gray hair that he wore tied in a great bun into which he had stuck a marlin spike.

He'd seen a marlin spike in the top tray of the toolbox, he was sure, and he wanted the shiny tool more than he had ever wanted anything in his life.

When he had let go of the anchor he had let of the marlin spike, too, and there remained one to defeat, the one holding the chain around his waist.

The Bo'sun went directly to a small wooden cupboard on the bulkhead, produced his knife, opened up the marlin spike and inserted its point just below the cupboard lock.

Twisting his wrists back and forth to gain as much as possible, which wasn't much, he held the anchor and the marlin spike with one hand as he found shackle with the other.

Sailors who become proficient at knot tying, splicing, and sewing using the marlinspike are said to have mastered marlinespike seamanship, earning them the right to be known as marlin spikes or marlinspike seamen.