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Definition of sail
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Sail (n.) A
passage
by a
sailing
vessel;
a
journey
or
excursion
upon the
water.
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Boatswain
::
Boatswain
(n.) An
officer
who has
charge
of the
boats,
sails,
rigging,
colors,
anchors,
cables,
cordage,
etc., of a ship, and who also
summons
the crew, and
performs
other
duties..
Sailless
::
Sailless
(a.)
Destitute
of
sails.
Sailboat
::
Sailboat
(n.) A boat
propelled
by a sail or
sails.
Coasting
::
Coasting
(n.) A
sailing
along a
coast,
or from port to port; a
carrying
on a
coasting
trade..
Poleaxe
::
Poleaxe
(n.)
Anciently,
a kind of
battle-ax
with a long
handle;
later,
an ax or
hatchet
with a short
handle,
and a head
variously
patterned;
-- used by
soldiers,
and also by
sailors
in
boarding
a
vessel..
Sheet
::
Sheet (v. t.) A sail.
Blanket
::
Blanket
(v. t.) To take the wind out of the sails of
(another
vessel)
by
sailing
to
windward
of her.
Dandy
::
Dandy (n.) A small sail
carried
at or near the stern of small
boats;
--
called
also
jigger,
and
mizzen..
Loxodromic
::
Loxodromic
(a.)
Pertaining
to
sailing
on rhumb
lines;
as,
loxodromic
tables..
Reckoning
::
Reckoning
(n.) The
calculation
of a
ship's
position,
either
from
astronomical
observations,
or from the
record
of the
courses
steered
and
distances
sailed
as shown by
compass
and log, -- in the
latter
case
called
dead
reckoning
(see under
Dead);
-- also used for dead
reckoning
in
contradistinction
to
observation..
Roundabout
::
Roundabout
(n.) A
short,
close
jacket
worn by boys,
sailors,
etc..
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..
Aeronautical
::
Aeronautical
(a.)
Pertaining
to
aeronautics,
or
aerial
sailing..
Yachtsman
::
Yachtsman
(n.) One who owns or sails a
yacht;
a
yachter.
Beat
::
Beat (v. i.) To make
progress
against
the wind, by
sailing
in a
zigzag
line or
traverse..
Jib
::
"Jib (v. i.) A
triangular
sail set upon a stay or
halyard
extending
from the
foremast
or
fore-topmast
to the
bowsprit
or the jib boom. Large
vessels
often carry
several
jibe; as, inner jib; outer jib;
flying
jib; etc..
Touch
::
Touch (v. i.) To be
brought,
as a sail, so close to the wind that its
weather
leech
shakes..
Sloop
::
Sloop (n.) A
vessel
having
one mast and
fore-and-aft
rig,
consisting
of a
boom-and-gaff
mainsail,
jibs,
staysail,
and gaff
topsail.
The
typical
sloop has a fixed
bowsprit,
topmast,
and
standing
rigging,
while those of a
cutter
are
capable
of being
readily
shifted.
The sloop
usually
carries
a
centerboard,
and
depends
for
stability
upon
breadth
of beam
rather
than depth of keel. The two types have
rapidly
approximated
since 1880. One
radical
distinction
is that a slop may carry a
centerboard.
See
Duck
::
Duck (n.) The light
clothes
worn by
sailors
in hot
climates.
Navigation
::
Navigation
(n.) The
management
of
sails,
rudder,
etc.; the
mechanics
of
traveling
by
water;
seamanship..
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