One so gentle that the sail alternately swells and collapses.
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Fan>>. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The technical phrase for breadthening the after-part of the tops. Also, widening in general. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·vi To blow gently. II. Breeze ·noun ·Alt. of Breeze fly. III. Breeze ·noun A light, gentle wind; ...
To raise a breeze; to kick up a dust or breed a disturbance. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
This word is widely understood as a pleasant zephyr; but among seamen it is usually applied as synon...
·noun A fly of various species, of the family Tabanidae, noted for buzzing about animals, and tormen...
·- a strong breeze. ...
A shifting wind blowing from sea and land alternately at certain hours, and sensibly only near the c...
A brisk wind, to which a ship, according to its stability, carries double or treble or close-reefed ...
A current of air which, in the temperate zones, and still more within the tropics, regularly sets fr...
When all the flying kites may be pleasantly carried. ...
A wind from the sea towards the land. In tropical climates (and sometimes during summer in the tempe...
One in which a ship may carry a press of sail, when a little more would endanger the spars. ...
That which reduces a ship to double-reefed top-sails, jib, and spanker. ...
To excite disturbance, and promote a quarrelsome row. ...