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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Cutter :: Cutter (n.) A fast sailing vessel with one mast, rigged in most essentials like a sloop. A cutter is narrower end deeper than a sloop of the same length, and depends for stability on a deep keel, often heavily weighted with lead..
Assailment :: Assailment (n.) The act or power of assailing; attack; assault.
Beat :: Beat (v. i.) To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a zigzag line or traverse..
Trim :: Trim (v. t.) To arrange in due order for sailing; as, to trim the sails..
Yachting :: Yachting (n.) Sailing for pleasure in a yacht.
Sailing :: Sailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sai.
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..
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..
Foist :: Foist (n.) A light and fast-sailing ship.
Gripe :: Gripe (v. i.) To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing closehauled, requires constant labor at the helm..
Coasting :: Coasting (n.) A sailing along a coast, or from port to port; a carrying on a coasting trade..
Sailing :: Sailing (n.) The art of managing a vessel; seamanship; navigation; as, globular sailing; oblique sailing..
Yachter :: Yachter (n.) One engaged in sailing a jacht.
Aeronautical :: Aeronautical (a.) Pertaining to aeronautics, or aerial sailing..
Loxodromics :: Loxodromics (n.) The art or method of sailing on the loxodromic or rhumb line.
Smack :: Smack (n.) A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade..
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..
Assailant :: Assailant (a.) Assailing; attacking.
Sail :: Sail (n.) A passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon the water.
Trim :: Trim (n.) The state of a ship or her cargo, ballast, masts, etc., by which she is well prepared for sailing..
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