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Trim :: Trim (n.) The state of a ship or her cargo, ballast, masts, etc., by which she is well prepared for sailing..

Foist :: Foist (n.) A light and fast-sailing ship.

Rove :: Rove (v. i.) Hence, to wander; to ramble; to rauge; to go, move, or pass without certain direction in any manner, by sailing, walking, riding, flying, or otherwise..

Sailing :: Sailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sai.

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

Van :: Van (n.) The front of an army; the first line or leading column; also, the front line or foremost division of a fleet, either in sailing or in battle..

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

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

Coasting :: Coasting (n.) A sailing along a coast, or from port to port; a carrying on a coasting trade..

Dromon :: Dromon () In the Middle Ages, a large, fast-sailing galley, or cutter; a large, swift war vessel..

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

Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee..

Closehauled :: Closehauled (a.) Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; -- said of a sailing vessel.

Scout :: Scout (n.) A swift sailing boat.

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..

Chapel :: Chapel (v. t.) To cause (a ship taken aback in a light breeze) so to turn or make a circuit as to recover, without bracing the yards, the same tack on which she had been sailing..

Yachter :: Yachter (n.) One engaged in sailing a jacht.

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

West :: West (n.) The Westen hemisphere, or the New World so called, it having been discovered by sailing westward from Europe; the Occident..

Windbound :: Windbound (a.) prevented from sailing, by a contrary wind. See Weatherbound..

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