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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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Dromon
::
Dromon
() In the
Middle
Ages, a
large,
fast-sailing
galley,
or
cutter;
a
large,
swift war
vessel..
Closehauled
::
Closehauled
(a.) Under way and
moving
as
nearly
as
possible
toward
the
direction
from which the wind
blows;
-- said of a
sailing
vessel.
Sailing
::
Sailing
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sai.
Sail
::
Sail (n.) A
passage
by a
sailing
vessel;
a
journey
or
excursion
upon the
water.
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..
Coaster
::
Coaster
(n.) A
vessel
employed
in
sailing
along a
coast,
or
engaged
in the
coasting
trade..
Windbound
::
Windbound
(a.)
prevented
from
sailing,
by a
contrary
wind. See
Weatherbound..
Beat
::
Beat (v. i.) To make
progress
against
the wind, by
sailing
in a
zigzag
line or
traverse..
Forereach
::
Forereach
(v. t.) To
advance
or gain upon; -- said of a
vessel
that gains upon
another
when
sailing
closehauled.
Trim
::
Trim (n.) The state of a ship or her
cargo,
ballast,
masts,
etc., by which she is well
prepared
for
sailing..
Loxodromic
::
Loxodromic
(a.)
Pertaining
to
sailing
on rhumb
lines;
as,
loxodromic
tables..
Seagoing
::
Seagoing
(a.) Going upon the sea;
especially,
sailing
upon the deep sea; -- used in
distinction
from
coasting
or
river,
as
applied
to
vessels..
Luff
::
Luff (n.) The act of
sailing
a ship close to the wind.
Aeronautics
::
Aeronautics
(n.) The
science
or art of
ascending
and
sailing
in the air, as by means of a
balloon;
aerial
navigation;
ballooning..
Race
::
Race (n.)
Hence:
The act or
process
of
running
in
competition;
a
contest
of speed in any way, as in
running,
riding,
driving,
skating,
rowing,
sailing;
in the
plural,
usually,
a
meeting
for
contests
in the
running
of
horses;
as, he
attended
the
races..
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..
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..
Assailing
::
Assailing
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of
Assai.
Orthodromy
::
Orthodromy
(n.) The act or art of
sailing
on a great
circle.
Ballahou
::
Ballahou
(n.) A
fast-sailing
schooner,
used in the
Bermudas
and West
Indies..
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