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Footrope :: Footrope (n.) That part of the boltrope to which the lower edge of a sail is sewed.

Slug :: Slug (n.) A ship that sails slowly.

Edge :: Edge (v. i.) To sail close to the wind.

Assailant :: Assailant (a.) Assailing; attacking.

Draw :: Draw (v. i.) To pull; to exert strength in drawing anything; to have force to move anything by pulling; as, a horse draws well; the sails of a ship draw well..

Tack :: Tack (v. t.) A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is closehauled (see Illust. of Ship); also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom..

Shipman :: Shipman (n.) A seaman, or sailor..

Assailer :: Assailer (n.) One who assails.

Reach :: Reach (v. i.) To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam..

Tender :: Tender (superl.) Heeling over too easily when under sail; -- said of a vessel.

Outhaul :: Outhaul (n.) A rope used for hauling out a sail upon a spar; -- opposite of inhaul.

Assail :: Assail (v. t.) To encounter or meet purposely with the view of mastering, as an obstacle, difficulty, or the like..

Crossjack :: Crossjack (n.) The lowest square sail, or the lower yard of the mizzenmast..

Molendinarious :: Molendinarious (a.) Resembling the sails of a windmill.

Jackstay :: "Jackstay (n.) A rail of wood or iron stretching along a yard of a vessel, to which the sails are fastened..

Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To lower; to let or take down; to remove; as, to strike sail; to strike a flag or an ensign, as in token of surrender; to strike a yard or a topmast in a gale; to strike a tent; to strike the centering of an arch..

Beat :: Beat (v. i.) To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a zigzag line or traverse..

Slatting :: Slatting (n.) The violent shaking or flapping of anything hanging loose in the wind, as of a sail, when being hauled down..

Ribbon :: Ribbon (n.) A narrow strip or shred; as, a steel or magnesium ribbon; sails torn to ribbons..

Cringle :: Cringle (n.) An iron or pope thimble or grommet worked into or attached to the edges and corners of a sail; -- usually in the plural. The cringles are used for making fast the bowline bridles, earings, etc..

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