| Tom North, leaning gracefully against the shaft of a peavy, looked up eagerly as his principal approached. |
| A peavy stick is a heavy pole about six feet long, with a sharp iron point at the end. |
| As man shouted to man, each shouldered his peavy and came running ashore, eager question on his lips. |
| Balancing his peavy across his body, he made his way by short dashes to the point of threatened congestion. |
| Hurley reached for a peavy that stood in the corner behind the door. |
| The latter had lingered in hopes of rescuing his peavy, which had gone overboard. |
