Soldiers patrolled the water in boats, armed with boat hooks, spears, lances and axes, pushing down anyone who managed to surface alive.
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"Gaffe " is of French origin, originally a'boat hook'as in'gaff rig'where the relation is apparent, but the sense association to a blundering remark is obscure.
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Ross poked at the antenna, which was coiled like a tape measure, more than a dozen times with the boat hook before it sprung free.
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A flag on a boat hook protruding through a ventilator which had been left open was used to indicate that the signal had been heard.
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They reached the ice pack but were able to work their way through it by pushing bits of berg out of the way with a boat hook.
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Periodically, we saw someone on one of the charter boats hook up, then noticed a net or gaff come out to lift a big-bodied fish over the gunwale.
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The bodies, many fished out of flooded Glades fields with boat hooks and nets, had so badly deteriorated that workers could no longer tell their race in order to separate them.
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Their tentacles start to reach for the occupants of the boat, and there is a prolonged struggle, the oars and a boat hook are used as weapons, which are gripped by the creatures.
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The harbour is shaped like a boat hook or gaff . The spelling " Croque " appeared on James Cook's charts . Croc was used by French fishermen as far back as 1504.
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__ A telescoping boat hook can retrieve a halyard that has run up the mast, pull you into to a mooring buoy or snag the handle on Fido's personal flotation device if he falls overboard.
