Definition of sail

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Sail (n.) To set sail; to begin a voyage.

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Ballahou :: Ballahou (n.) A fast-sailing schooner, used in the Bermudas and West Indies..
Mistico :: Mistico (n.) A kind of small sailing vessel used in the Mediterranean. It is rigged partly like a xebec, and partly like a felucca..
Accost :: Accost (v. t.) To join side to side; to border; hence, to sail along the coast or side of..
Wassailer :: Wassailer (n.) One who drinks wassail; one who engages in festivity, especially in drinking; a reveler..
Salute :: Salute (v.) A token of respect or honor for some distinguished or official personage, for a foreign vessel or flag, or for some festival or event, as by presenting arms, by a discharge of cannon, volleys of small arms, dipping the colors or the topsails, etc..
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..
Velivolant :: Velivolant (a.) Flying with sails; passing under full sail.
Ataunto :: Ataunto (adv.) Fully rigged, as a vessel; with all sails set; set on end or set right..
Navigate :: Navigate (v. t.) To pass over in ships; to sail over or on; as, to navigate the Atlantic..
Balance :: Balance (n.) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass; as, to balance the boom mainsail..
Gallivat :: Gallivat (n.) A small armed vessel, with sails and oars, -- used on the Malabar coast..
Canvas :: Canvas (n.) Something for which canvas is used: (a) A sail, or a collection of sails. (b) A tent, or a collection of tents. (c) A painting, or a picture on canvas..
Ropeband :: Ropeband (n.) A small piece of spun yarn or marline, used to fasten the head of the sail to the spar..
Spread :: Spread (v. t.) To extend in length and breadth, or in breadth only; to stretch or expand to a broad or broader surface or extent; to open; to unfurl; as, to spread a carpet; to spread a tent or a sail..
Navigation :: Navigation (n.) The management of sails, rudder, etc.; the mechanics of traveling by water; seamanship..
Moonsail :: Moonsail (n.) A sail sometimes carried in light winds, above a skysail..
Sailless :: Sailless (a.) Destitute of sails.
Quillback :: Quillback (n.) An American fresh-water fish (Ictiobus, / Carpiodes, cyprinus); -- called also carp sucker, sailfish, spearfish, and skimback..
Westwards :: Westwards (adv.) Toward the west; as, to ride or sail westward..
Hearty :: Hearty (n.) Comrade; boon companion; good fellow; -- a term of familiar address and fellowship among sailors.
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