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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..

Assailment :: Assailment (n.) The act or power of assailing; attack; assault.

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

Sailing :: Sailing (n.) The act of one who, or that which, sails; the motion of a vessel on water, impelled by wind or steam; the act of starting on a voyage..

Ballahou :: Ballahou (n.) A fast-sailing schooner, used in the Bermudas and West Indies..

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..

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wherry :: Wherry (n.) A long, narrow, light boat, sharp at both ends, for fast rowing or sailing; esp., a racing boat rowed by one person with sculls..

Beat :: Beat (v. i.) To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a zigzag line or traverse..

Loxodromic :: Loxodromic (a.) Pertaining to sailing on rhumb lines; as, loxodromic tables..

Coaster :: Coaster (n.) A vessel employed in sailing along a coast, or engaged in the coasting trade..

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..

Cruise :: Cruise (n.) A voyage made in various directions, as of an armed vessel, for the protection of other vessels, or in search of an enemy; a sailing to and fro, as for exploration or for pleasure..

Boating :: Boating (n.) The act or practice of rowing or sailing, esp. as an amusement; carriage in boats..

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