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Circumnavigation :: Circumnavigation (n.) The act of circumnavigating, or sailing round..

Hull :: Hull (v. t.) The frame or body of a vessel, exclusive of her masts, yards, sails, and rigging..

Navigate :: Navigate (v. t.) To pass over in ships; to sail over or on; as, to navigate the Atlantic..

Pungy :: Pungy (n.) A small sloop or shallop, or a large boat with sails..

Assailant :: Assailant (n.) One who, or that which, assails, attacks, or assaults; an assailer..

Barque :: Barque (n.) Formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind..

Saily :: Saily (a.) Like a sail.

Ship-rigged :: Ship-rigged (a.) Rigged like a ship, that is, having three masts, each with square sails..

Beating :: Beating (n.) The process of sailing against the wind by tacks in zigzag direction.

Ditty-box :: Ditty-box (n.) A small box to hold a sailor's thread, needless, comb, etc..

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

Bellyband :: Bellyband (n.) A band of canvas, to strengthen a sail..

Royal :: Royal (n.) A small sail immediately above the topgallant sail.

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

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

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..

Spikefish :: Spikefish (n.) See Sailfish (a.

Doni :: Doni (n.) A clumsy craft, having one mast with a long sail, used for trading purposes on the coasts of Coromandel and Ceylon..

So :: So (interj.) Be as you are; stand still; stop; that will do; right as you are; -- a word used esp. to cows; also used by sailors.

Orthodromy :: Orthodromy (n.) The act or art of sailing on a great circle.

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