To overset a Flame is a fine Way of speaking, and as easily to be conceiv'd, as to overset a Cockboat or a Wherry.
"An Essay on Criticism"
John Oldmixon
My brother pointed out to me the Clermont, Fulton's trial steamer, then disused and lying at Hoboken, but a Cockboat to the Diamond, which was one of the greatest successes of the day.
"The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I"
William James Stillman
I appealed to Temple, whether he thought it possible to read law-books in a Cockboat in a gale of wind.
"The Adventures of Harry Richmond, Complete"
George Meredith Last Updated: March 7, 2009