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Sea Anchor :: Sea anchor () See Drag sail, under 4th Drag..

Brail :: Brail (n.) Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling..

Ditty-bag :: Ditty-bag (n.) A sailor's small bag to hold thread, needles, tape, etc.; -- also called sailor's housewife..

Sailing :: Sailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sai.

Duck :: Duck (n.) A linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric, finer and lighter than canvas, -- used for the lighter sails of vessels, the sacking of beds, and sometimes for men's clothing..

Moonraker :: Moonraker (n.) Same as Moonsail.

Gallivat :: Gallivat (n.) A small armed vessel, with sails and oars, -- used on the Malabar coast..

Fetch :: Fetch (v. t.) To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing.

Navy :: Navy (n.) A fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many as sail in company..

Foresail :: Foresail (n.) The fore staysail of a sloop, being the triangular sail next forward of the mast..

Smack :: Smack (n.) A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade..

Shanghai :: Shanghai (v. t.) To intoxicate and ship (a person) as a sailor while in this condition.

Accost :: Accost (v. t.) To join side to side; to border; hence, to sail along the coast or side of..

Eye :: Eye (n.) The faculty of seeing; power or range of vision; hence, judgment or taste in the use of the eye, and in judging of objects; as, to have the eye of sailor; an eye for the beautiful or picturesque..

Clearance :: Clearance (n.) A certificate that a ship or vessel has been cleared at the customhouse; permission to sail.

Hooker :: Hooker (n.) A sailor's contemptuous term for any antiquated craft.

Sail :: Sail (n.) The extended surface of the arm of a windmill.

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

Blanket :: Blanket (v. t.) To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of her.

Pea-jacket :: Pea-jacket (n.) A thick loose woolen jacket, or coat, much worn by sailors in cold weather..

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