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

Machicolation :: Machicolation (n.) The act of discharging missiles or pouring burning or melted substances upon assailants through such apertures.

Proa :: Proa (n.) A sailing canoe of the Ladrone Islands and Malay Archipelago, having its lee side flat and its weather side like that of an ordinary boat. The ends are alike. The canoe is long and narrow, and is kept from overturning by a cigar-shaped log attached to a frame extending several feet to windward. It has been called the flying proa, and is the swiftest sailing craft known..

Offensive :: Offensive (a.) Making the first attack; assailant; aggressive; hence, used in attacking; -- opposed to defensive; as, an offensive war; offensive weapons..

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

Forecastle :: Forecastle (n.) In merchant vessels, the forward part of the vessel, under the deck, where the sailors live..

Gore :: Gore (v.) A wedgeshaped or triangular piece of cloth, canvas, etc., sewed into a garment, sail, etc., to give greater width at a particular part..

Sail :: Sail (v. t.) To pass or move upon, as in a ship, by means of sails; hence, to move or journey upon (the water) by means of steam or other force..

Water Sail :: Water sail () A small sail sometimes set under a studding sail or under a driver boom, and reaching nearly to the water..

Gale :: Gale (v. i.) To sale, or sail fast..

Head :: Head (n.) The uppermost, foremost, or most important part of an inanimate object; such a part as may be considered to resemble the head of an animal; often, also, the larger, thicker, or heavier part or extremity, in distinction from the smaller or thinner part, or from the point or edge; as, the head of a cane, a nail, a spear, an ax, a mast, a sail, a ship; that which covers and closes the top or the end of a hollow vessel; as, the head of a cask or a steam boiler..

Assassinate :: Assassinate (v. t.) To assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat exceedingly..

Westwards :: Westwards (adv.) Toward the west; as, to ride or sail westward..

Ringsail :: Ringsail (n.) See Ringtail, 2..

Leech :: Leech (n.) The border or edge at the side of a sail.

Enlistment :: Enlistment (n.) The act or enlisting, or the state of being enlisted; voluntary enrollment to serve as a soldier or a sailor..

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

Sea Pie :: Sea pie () A dish of crust or pastry and meat or fish, etc., cooked together in alternate layers, -- a common food of sailors; as, a three-decker sea pie..

Saic :: Saic (n.) A kind of ketch very common in the Levant, which has neither topgallant sail nor mizzen topsail..

Argonaut :: Argonaut (n.) Any one of the legendary Greek heroes who sailed with Jason, in the Argo, in quest of the Golden Fleece..

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