ship-mate's

Updated: June 26, 2025

Meantime, some of the crew whispered among themselves in applause of their ship-mate's nerve; but the greater part were breathlessly silent as the keen scourge hissed through the wintry air, and fell with a cutting, wiry sound upon the mark. One dozen lashes being applied, the man was taken down, and went among the crew with a smile, saying, "D n me! it's nothing when you're used to it!

Herman Melville - White Jacket: or, the World on a Man-of-War