At that time the contrast was far greater; there being no small steam-boats on the river, no landing places but slippery wooden stairs and foot-causeways, no railroad on the opposite bank, no hanging bridge or fish-market near at hand, no traffic on the nearest bridge of stone, nothing moving on the stream but
watermen's wherries and coal-lighters.
"We are both good
watermen, Handel, and could take him down the river ourselves when the right time comes.
They declared they had never seen
watermen equal to them, even among the voyageurs of the Northwest; and, indeed, they are remarkable for their skill in managing their light craft, and can swim and dive like waterfowl.
Clare hardily kept his arm round her waist in sight of these
watermen, with the air of a man who was accustomed to public dalliance, though actually as shy as she who, with lips parted and eyes askance on the labourers, wore the look of a wary animal the while.
Generally each play was presented by a single guild (though sometimes two or three guilds or two or three plays might be combined), and sometimes, though not always, there was a special fitness in the assignment, as when the
watermen gave the play of Noah's Ark or the bakers that of the Last Supper.
In Thomas Middleton's A Chaste Maid in Cheapside, Touchwood Senior describes an incident in which watermen, boatmen who carried playgoers and other entertainment seekers across the Thames, helped a gentleman elude 'varlets' who had chased him into the Blackfriars theatre.
Rather than focusing on the impact of one theatre on a particular neighbourhood, this essay contributes to the topic of this section by offering a nuanced discussion of the reciprocal relationship between specific playing companies and the watermen's trade, based on their mutual or competing interests.
Watermen Interests, LLC, a privately-hold commercial real estate investment and operating company, has dosed on the acquisition of the leasehold interest secured by 400 Park Avenue, a class A, 21-story office end retail building located on the northwest corner of 54th Street and Park Avenue.
The results of the first systematic, multiyear study of Pfiesteria's human health effects now demonstrate that commercial fishermen ("
watermen") likely do not face significant health risks from routine occupational exposure to the organism [EHP 114:1038-1043; Morris et al.].
And now the
watermen have even more to contend with.
A strong alliance among various tradespeople in Enfield develops against the
watermen (those who convey the barges), and against the gentry acting as agents of Westminster, even to the point of threats of insurrection against those gentry, and indirectly against the queen herself.
In 1997, Maryland
watermen reported health effects from environmental exposure to toxic Pfiesteria, including memory loss and confusion.
waterman - someone who drives or rides in a boat