rallied-up

Updated: May 16, 2025

So we boiled a pot of gas-tar to the quality of pitch, and dipped long strips of wool-bale in it, and wrapped them tight round the coffin, after the lid was on, till it was two ply all over, and as hard and close as sheet-iron. Ay, and by this time more than a dozen blackfellows had rallied-up to the station. "Spanker arranged to send a man with the wagonette, to look after the horses for Dan.

Joseph Furphy - Such Is Life