State, dress. In a sad trim; dirty.--Also spruce or fine: a trim fellow.
·noun Dress; gear; ornaments. II. Trim ·vt To dress, as timber; to make smooth. III. Trim ·noun Or...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The set of a ship on the water, whether by the head or the stern, or on an even keel. It is by the d...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Like master, like man. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
When a vessel has only ballast on board. ...
A ship not properly balanced for fast sailing, which may be by a defect in the rigging or in the sto...
The order to sit in the boat in such a manner as that she shall float upright. Also, to edge aft, so...
The arrangement of the cargo, &c., by which a vessel carries sail well, and becomes under control as...