The state of a sail when there is sufficient wind to inflate it, so as to advance the vessel in her course.
·noun The act of pulling, or attracting. II. Drawing ·noun The distribution of prizes and blanks in...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun ·Alt. of <<Drawknife>>. ...
·noun The company assembled in such a room; also, a reception of company in it; as, to hold a drawin...
·add. ·- In water-color painting, work in, or a work done chiefly in, washes, as distinguished from ...
Adjusting a ship's station in the line; the converse of dropping astern. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
The number of feet depth which a ship submerges. ...
Coining. CANT. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose