Sentence:  Others of the sailors joined with them in this attempt, and a twisted turmoil ensued; while standing out of harm's way, the valiant captain danced up and down with a whale-pike, calling upon his officers to manhandle that <WSD>atrocious</WSD> scoundrel, and smoke him along to the quarter-deck. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Very bad; abominable, disgusting.