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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Yachter :: Yachter (n.) One engaged in sailing a jacht.
Coaster :: Coaster (n.) A vessel employed in sailing along a coast, or engaged in the coasting trade..
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..
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..
Sailing :: Sailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sai.
Aeronautical :: Aeronautical (a.) Pertaining to aeronautics, or aerial sailing..
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..
Loxodromic :: Loxodromic (a.) Pertaining to sailing on rhumb lines; as, loxodromic tables..
Trim :: Trim (n.) The state of a ship or her cargo, ballast, masts, etc., by which she is well prepared for sailing..
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..
Clipper :: Clipper (n.) A vessel with a sharp bow, built and rigged for fast sailing..
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..
Assailant :: Assailant (a.) Assailing; attacking.
Coasting :: Coasting (n.) A sailing along a coast, or from port to port; a carrying on a coasting trade..
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..
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..
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..
Seagoing :: Seagoing (a.) Going upon the sea; especially, sailing upon the deep sea; -- used in distinction from coasting or river, as applied to vessels..
Boating :: Boating (n.) The act or practice of rowing or sailing, esp. as an amusement; carriage in boats..
Sailing :: Sailing (n.) The art of managing a vessel; seamanship; navigation; as, globular sailing; oblique sailing..
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