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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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Sail
::
Sail (n.) A
passage
by a
sailing
vessel;
a
journey
or
excursion
upon the
water.
Xebec
::
Xebec (n.) A small
three-masted
vessel,
with
projecting
bow stern and
convex
decks,
used in the
Mediterranean
for
transporting
merchandise,
etc. It
carries
large
square
sails,
or both.
Xebecs
were
formerly
armed and used by
corsairs..
Eyelet
::
Eyelet
(n.) A small hole or
perforation
to
receive
a cord or
fastener,
as in
garments,
sails,
etc..
Reach
::
Reach (v. i.) To sail on the wind, as from one point of
tacking
to
another,
or with the wind
nearly
abeam..
Gybe
::
Gybe (v. t. & i.) To shift from one side of a
vessel
to the
other;
-- said of the boom of a
fore-and-aft
sail when the
vessel
is
steered
off the wind until the sail fills on the
opposite
side.
Lime
::
Lime (v. t.) To treat with lime, or oxide or
hydrate
of
calcium;
to
manure
with lime; as, to lime hides for
removing
the hair; to lime sails in order to
whiten
them..
Fother
::
Fother
(v. t.) To stop (a leak in a ship at sea) by
drawing
under its
bottom
a
thrummed
sail, so that the
pressure
of the water may force it into the
crack..
Forecastle
::
Forecastle
(n.) In
merchant
vessels,
the
forward
part of the
vessel,
under the deck, where the
sailors
live..
Assailable
::
Assailable
(a.)
Capable
of being
assailed.
Ringsail
::
Ringsail
(n.) See
Ringtail,
2..
Loxodromic
::
Loxodromic
(a.)
Pertaining
to
sailing
on rhumb
lines;
as,
loxodromic
tables..
Accost
::
Accost
(v. t.) To join side to side; to
border;
hence,
to sail along the coast or side of..
Sailor
::
Sailor
(n.) One who
follows
the
business
of
navigating
ships or other
vessels;
one who
understands
the
practical
management
of
ships;
one of the crew of a
vessel;
a
mariner;
a
common
seaman.
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..
Synecdochical
::
Synecdoche
(n.) A
figure
or trope by which a part of a thing is put for the whole (as, fifty sail for fifty
ships),
or the whole for a part (as, the
smiling
year for
spring),
the
species
for the genus (as,
cutthroat
for
assassin),
the genus for the
species
(as, a
creature
for a man), the name of the
material
for the thing made, etc..
Galiot
::
Galiot
(n.) A small
galley,
formerly
used in the
Mediterranean,
built
mainly
for
speed.
It was moved both by sails and oars,
having
one mast, and
sixteen
or
twenty
seats for
rowers..
Circumnavigable
::
Circumnavigable
(a.)
Capable
of being
sailed
round.
Yachtsman
::
Yachtsman
(n.) One who owns or sails a
yacht;
a
yachter.
Down
::
Down
(adv.)
Hence:
Towards
the mouth of a
river;
towards
the sea; as, to sail or swim down a
stream;
to sail down the
sound..
After-sails
::
After-sails
(n.) The sails on the
mizzenmast,
or on the stays
between
the
mainmast
and
mizzenmast..
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