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Mast :: Mast (n.) A pole, or long, strong, round piece of timber, or spar, set upright in a boat or vessel, to sustain the sails, yards, rigging, etc. A mast may also consist of several pieces of timber united by iron bands, or of a hollow pillar of iron or steel..

Doggerman :: Doggerman (n.) A sailor belonging to a dogger.

Clew :: Clew (n.) To move of draw (a sail or yard) by means of the clew garnets, clew lines, etc.; esp. to draw up the clews of a square sail to the yard..

Closereefed :: Closereefed (a.) Having all the reefs taken in; -- said of a sail.

Grisaille :: Grisaille (n.) A kind of French fancy dress goods.

Sail :: Sail (n.) A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.

Seaman :: Seaman (n.) One whose occupation is to assist in the management of ships at sea; a mariner; a sailor; -- applied both to officers and common mariners, but especially to the latter. Opposed to landman, or landsman..

Foresail :: Foresail (n.) The gaff sail set on the foremast of a schooner.

Sailfish :: Sailfish (n.) The basking, or liver, shark..

Rise :: Rise (v.) To become apparent; to emerge into sight; to come forth; to appear; as, an eruption rises on the skin; the land rises to view to one sailing toward the shore..

Stretch :: Stretch (v. i.) To sail by the wind under press of canvas; as, the ship stretched to the eastward..

Canvas :: Canvas (n.) A strong cloth made of hemp, flax, or cotton; -- used for tents, sails, etc..

Reef :: Reef (v. t.) That part of a sail which is taken in or let out by means of the reef points, in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind..

Hoist :: Hoist (v. t.) To raise; to lift; to elevate; esp., to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight..

Orthodromy :: Orthodromy (n.) The act or art of sailing on a great circle.

Sea Language :: Sea language () The peculiar language or phraseology of seamen; sailor's cant.

Sail :: Sail (n.) A wing; a van.

Ataunto :: Ataunto (adv.) Fully rigged, as a vessel; with all sails set; set on end or set right..

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..

Galleon :: Galleon (n.) A sailing vessel of the 15th and following centuries, often having three or four decks, and used for war or commerce. The term is often rather indiscriminately applied to any large sailing vessel..

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