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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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Slatting
::
Slatting
(n.) The
violent
shaking
or
flapping
of
anything
hanging
loose in the wind, as of a sail, when being
hauled
down..
Weather
::
Weather
(v. t.) To sail or pass to the
windward
of; as, to
weather
a cape; to
weather
another
ship..
Southwestern
::
Southwestern
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to the
southwest;
southwesterly;
as, to sail a
southwestern
course..
Headrope
::
Headrope
(n.) That part of a
boltrope
which is sewed to the upper edge or head of a sail.
Sailfish
::
Sailfish
(n.) The
quillback.
Counter Brace
::
Counter
brace () The brace of the
fore-topsail
on the
leeward
side of a
vessel.
Near
::
Near
(prep.)
Adjacent
to; close by; not far from; nigh; as, the ship
sailed
near the land. See the Note under near, a..
Forge
::
Forge (v. t.) To move
heavily
and
slowly,
as a ship after the sails are
furled;
to work one's way, as one ship in
outsailing
another;
-- used
especially
in the
phrase
to forge
ahead..
Loose
::
Loose (v. i.) To set sail.
Unfurl
::
Unfurl
(v. t. & i.) To loose from a
furled
state;
to
unfold;
to
expand;
to open or
spread;
as, to
unfurl
sails;
to
unfurl
a
flag..
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..
After-sails
::
After-sails
(n.) The sails on the
mizzenmast,
or on the stays
between
the
mainmast
and
mizzenmast..
Foresail
::
Foresail
(n.) The gaff sail set on the
foremast
of a
schooner.
Duck
::
Duck (n.) The light
clothes
worn by
sailors
in hot
climates.
Yawl-rigged
::
Yawl-rigged
(a.)
Having
two masts with
fore-and-aft
sails,
but
differing
from a
schooner
in that the after mast is very
small,
and
stepped
as far aft as
possible.
See
Illustration
in
Appendix..
Attack
::
Attack
(v. t.) To fall upon with
force;
to
assail,
as with force and arms; to
assault..
Gaff-topsail
::
Gaff-topsail
(n.) A small
triangular
sail
having
its foot
extended
upon the gaff and its luff upon the
topmast.
Touch
::
Touch (v. i.) To be
brought,
as a sail, so close to the wind that its
weather
leech
shakes..
Luff
::
Luff (n.) The
forward
or
weather
leech of a sail,
especially
of the jib,
spanker,
and other
fore-and-aft
sails..
Galiot
::
Galiot
(n.) A
strong,
light-draft,
Dutch
merchant
vessel,
carrying
a
mainmast
and a
mizzenmast,
and a large gaff
mainsail..
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