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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..

Fill :: Fill (a.) To press and dilate, as a sail; as, the wind filled the sails..

Wassail :: Wassail (n.) A festive or drinking song or glee.

Yarn :: Yarn (n.) A story told by a sailor for the amusement of his companions; a story or tale; as, to spin a yarn..

Dandy :: Dandy (n.) A small sail carried at or near the stern of small boats; -- called also jigger, and mizzen..

Blanket :: Blanket (v. t.) To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of her.

Landsman :: Landsman (n.) A sailor on his first voyage.

Sailed :: Sailed (imp. & p. p.) of Sai.

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

Sailless :: Sailless (a.) Destitute of sails.

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

Hitch :: Hitch (n.) A sudden movement or pull; a pull up; as, the sailor gave his trousers a hitch..

Crossjack :: Crossjack (n.) The lowest square sail, or the lower yard of the mizzenmast..

Felucca :: Felucca (n.) A small, swift-sailing vessel, propelled by oars and lateen sails, -- once common in the Mediterranean..

Slug :: Slug (n.) A ship that sails slowly.

Bowline :: Bowline (n.) A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails, by subordinate ropes, called bridles, and used to keep the weather edge of the sail tight forward, when the ship is closehauled..

Sail :: Sail (n.) A wing; a van.

Run :: Run (n.) The distance sailed by a ship; as, a good run; a run of fifty miles..

Knot :: Knot (n.) A division of the log line, serving to measure the rate of the vessel's motion. Each knot on the line bears the same proportion to a mile that thirty seconds do to an hour. The number of knots which run off from the reel in half a minute, therefore, shows the number of miles the vessel sails in an hour..

Shipwreck :: Shipwreck (v. t.) To cause to experience shipwreck, as sailors or passengers. Hence, to cause to suffer some disaster or loss; to destroy or ruin, as if by shipwreck; to wreck; as, to shipwreck a business..

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