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Weather :: Weather (v. t.) To sail or pass to the windward of; as, to weather a cape; to weather another ship..

Battle :: Battle (v. t.) To assail in battle; to fight.

Reef :: Reef (v. t.) To reduce the extent of (as a sail) by roiling or folding a certain portion of it and making it fast to the yard or spar.

Orthodromics :: Orthodromics (n.) The art of sailing in a direct course, or on the arc of a great circle, which is the shortest distance between any two points on the surface of the globe; great-circle sailing; orthodromy..

Cruise :: Cruise (v. i.) To sail back and forth on the ocean; to sail, as for the potection of commerce, in search of an enemy, for plunder, or for pleasure..

Moonraker :: Moonraker (n.) Same as Moonsail.

Impressment :: Impressment (n.) The act of seizing for public use, or of impressing into public service; compulsion to serve; as, the impressment of provisions or of sailors..

Galiot :: Galiot (n.) A strong, light-draft, Dutch merchant vessel, carrying a mainmast and a mizzenmast, and a large gaff mainsail..

Call :: Call (n.) A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate, to summon the sailors to duty..

Ropeband :: Ropeband (n.) A small piece of spun yarn or marline, used to fasten the head of the sail to the spar..

Loxodromics :: Loxodromics (n.) The art or method of sailing on the loxodromic or rhumb line.

Canvas :: Canvas (n.) A strong cloth made of hemp, flax, or cotton; -- used for tents, sails, etc..

Voyageable :: Voyageable (a.) That may be sailed over, as water or air; navigable..

Davy Jones :: Davy Jones () The spirit of the sea; sea devil; -- a term used by sailors.

Skin :: Skin (n.) That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole..

Outrigger :: Outrigger (n.) Any spar or projecting timber run out for temporary use, as from a ship's mast, to hold a rope or a sail extended, or from a building, to support hoisting teckle..

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..

Sail :: Sail (n.) A passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon the water.

Portage :: Portage (n.) A sailor's wages when in port.

Assailing :: Assailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Assai.

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