Definition of sailing

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Sailing (n.) The art of managing a vessel; seamanship; navigation; as, globular sailing; oblique sailing..

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Assailment :: Assailment (n.) The act or power of assailing; attack; assault.
Careen :: Careen (v. i.) To incline to one side, or lie over, as a ship when sailing on a wind; to be off the keel..
Sailer :: Sailer (n.) A ship or other vessel; -- with qualifying words descriptive of speed or manner of sailing; as, a heavy sailer; a fast sailer..
Loxodromic :: Loxodromic (a.) Pertaining to sailing on rhumb lines; as, loxodromic tables..
Blanket :: Blanket (v. t.) To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of her.
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..
Orthodromy :: Orthodromy (n.) The act or art of sailing on a great circle.
Rise :: Rise (v.) To become apparent; to emerge into sight; to come forth; to appear; as, an eruption rises on the skin; the land rises to view to one sailing toward the shore..
Galleon :: Galleon (n.) A sailing vessel of the 15th and following centuries, often having three or four decks, and used for war or commerce. The term is often rather indiscriminately applied to any large sailing vessel..
Circumnavigation :: Circumnavigation (n.) The act of circumnavigating, or sailing round..
Forge :: Forge (v. t.) To move heavily and slowly, as a ship after the sails are furled; to work one's way, as one ship in outsailing another; -- used especially in the phrase to forge ahead..
Seagoing :: Seagoing (a.) Going upon the sea; especially, sailing upon the deep sea; -- used in distinction from coasting or river, as applied to vessels..
Clipper :: Clipper (n.) A vessel with a sharp bow, built and rigged for fast sailing..
Windbound :: Windbound (a.) prevented from sailing, by a contrary wind. See Weatherbound..
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..
Beat :: Beat (v. i.) To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a zigzag line or traverse..
Advertise :: Advertise (v. t.) To give public notice of; to announce publicly, esp. by a printed notice; as, to advertise goods for sale, a lost article, the sailing day of a vessel, a political meeting..
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..
Navigate :: Navigate (v. t.) To steer, direct, or manage in sailing; to conduct (ships) upon the water by the art or skill of seamen; as, to navigate a ship..
Sail :: Sail (n.) A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
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