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Weather :: Weather (v. t.) To sail or pass to the windward of; as, to weather a cape; to weather another ship..

Knot :: Knot (n.) A division of the log line, serving to measure the rate of the vessel's motion. Each knot on the line bears the same proportion to a mile that thirty seconds do to an hour. The number of knots which run off from the reel in half a minute, therefore, shows the number of miles the vessel sails in an hour..

Battle :: Battle (v. t.) To assail in battle; to fight.

Tarpaulin :: Tarpaulin (n.) Hence, a sailor; a seaman; a tar..

Barque :: Barque (n.) Formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind..

Invader :: Invader (n.) One who invades; an assailant; an encroacher; an intruder.

Slab :: Slab (n.) The slack part of a sail.

Peal :: Peal (v. t.) To assail with noise or loud sounds.

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

Furl :: Furl (v. t.) To draw up or gather into close compass; to wrap or roll, as a sail, close to the yard, stay, or mast, or, as a flag, close to or around its staff, securing it there by a gasket or line. Totten..

Trim :: Trim (v. t.) To arrange in due order for sailing; as, to trim the sails..

Peak :: Peak (n.) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; -- used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc..

Pelt :: Pelt (v. t.) To strike with something thrown or driven; to assail with pellets or missiles, as, to pelt with stones; pelted with hail..

Tackling :: Tackling (n.) Furniture of the masts and yards of a vessel, as cordage, sails, etc..

Yachting :: Yachting (n.) Sailing for pleasure in a yacht.

Jigger :: "Jigger (n. & v.) A supplementary sail. See Dandy, n., 2 (b)..

Palm :: Palm (n.) A metallic disk, attached to a strap, and worn the palm of the hand, -- used to push the needle through the canvas, in sewing sails, etc..

Trysail :: Trysail (n.) A fore-and-aft sail, bent to a gaff, and hoisted on a lower mast or on a small mast, called the trysail mast, close abaft a lower mast; -- used chiefly as a storm sail. Called also spencer..

Bunt :: Bunt (n.) The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard..

Mainsail :: Mainsail (n.) The principal sail in a ship or other vessel.

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