The portion of ice set apart for a curling spiel was called the lead, rank, or rink (by which last name it is still described), and as it was then shorter than it is now — its ordinary length being 30 yards

We want to sit on the beach, watch the girls, and go catch some rays.

At 5 the wind eastered and came E. by N., that we went 2 knots […] .

The pipe burst and gallons of water flooded into the kitchen.