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Sail
·noun A wing; a van.
II. Sail ·noun To set sail; to begin a voyage.
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sail
The terms applicable to the parts of a sail comprise:
Seaming the cloths together; cutting the gor...
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fore
fŏre, inf., irregular, from the obsolete fuo, and equivalent to futurum esse; and fŏrem, fores, fore...
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fore
fore, forem see sum.
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Fore
·adv Formerly; previously; afore.
II. Fore ·adv In or towards the bows of a ship.
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fore
The distinguishing character of all that part of a ship's frame and machinery which lies near the st...
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sprit-sail top-sail
A sail extended above the sprit-sail by a yard, which hung under the jib-boom.
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Studding sail
·- A light sail set at the side of a principal or square sail of a vessel in free winds, to increase...
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Water sail
·- A small sail sometimes set under a studding sail or under a driver boom, and reaching nearly to t...
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Main-sail
(Gr. artemon), answering to the modern "mizzen-sail," as some suppose. Others understand the "jib," ...
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top sail
He paid his debts at Portsmouth with the topsail; i.e. he went to. sea and left them unpaid. SCT sol...
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drag-sail
Any sail with its clues stopped so as when veered away over the quarter to make a stop-water when ve...
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drift-sail
A contrivance, by means of immersing a sail, to diminish the drift of a ship during a gale of wind. ...
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ghrime-sail
The old term for a smoke-sail.
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lug-sail
A sail used in boats and small vessels. It is in form like a gaff-sail, but depends entirely on the ...
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main-sail
This, in a square-rigged vessel, is distinguished by the so-termed square main-sail; in a fore-and-a...
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sail burton
A purchase extending from topmast-head to deck, for sending sails aloft ready for bending; it usuall...
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sail ho!
The exclamation used when a strange ship is first discerned at sea either from the deck or from the ...
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sail-hook
A small hook used for holding the seams of a sail while in the act of sewing.
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sail-loft
A large apartment in dockyards where the sails are cut out and made.
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sail-loosers
Men specially appointed to loose the sails when getting under weigh, or loosing them to dry.
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sail-maker
A qualified person who (with his mates) is employed on board ship in making, repairing, or altering ...
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sail-netting
The fore-topmast staysail, main-topmast staysail, and main staysail are generally stowed in the nett...
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sheer-sail
A drift-sail.
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smoke-sail
A small sail hoisted against the fore-mast when a ship rides head to wind, to give the smoke of the ...
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sprit-sail
A sail formerly attached to a yard which hung under the bowsprit, and of importance in naval actions...
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square-sail
The flying sail, set on the fore-yard of a schooner, or the spread-yard of a cutter or sloop.
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steering-sail
An incorrect name for a studding-sail.
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storm-sail
A sail made of stout No. 1 canvas, of reduced dimensions, for use in a gale.
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strange sail
A vessel heaving in sight, of which the particulars are unknown.
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under sail
The state of a ship when she is in motion from the action of wind on her sails.
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water-sail
A save-all, or small sail, set occasionally under the lower studding-sail or driver-boom, in a fair ...
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wind-sail
A funnel of canvas employed to ventilate a ship by conveying a stream of fresh air down to the lower...
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Fore part
·noun ·Alt. of <<Forepart>>.
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Fore teeth
·pl of Fore tooth.
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Fore tooth
·- One of the teeth in the forepart of the mouth; an <<Incisor>>.
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Fore-night
·noun The evening between twilight and bedtime.
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Fore-topgallant
·adj Designating the mast, sail, yard, ·etc., above the topmast; as, the fore-topgallant sail. ·see ...
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Fore-topmast
·noun The mast erected at the head of the foremast, and at the head of which stands the fore-topgall...
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Fore-topsail
·noun ·see <<Sail>>.
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Fore Court
1) At Bridewell, Fleet Ditch (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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Fore Street
East out of Redcross Street at No. 34 to No. 9 Finsbury Pavement (P.O. Directory). In Coleman Street...
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fore-handed
To be fore-handed is to be in good circumstances; to be comfortably off. The expression is much used...
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fore-end
the beginning of a week, month, or year. North.
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fore-think
to be sorry for ; to repent. North.
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fore-bay
A rising at a lock-gate flooring. Also, the galley or the sick-bay.
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fore-body
An imaginary figure of that part of the ship afore the midships or dead-flat, as seen from ahead.
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fore-bowline
The bowline of the fore-sail.
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fore-braces
Ropes applied to the fore yard-arms to change the position of the fore-sail occasionally.
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fore-cockpit
See cockpit.
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fore-course
The fore-sail (which see).
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fore-deck
That part from the fore-mast to the bows.
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fore-finger
, or index-finger.
The pointing finger, which was called shoot-finger by the Anglo-Saxons, from it...
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fore-foot
The foremost piece of the keel, or a timber which terminates the keel at the forward extremity, and ...
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fore-goer
The same as fore-ganger.
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fore-gripe
See gripe.
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fore-guy
A rope to the swinging-boom of the lower studding-sail.
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fore-hammer
The sledge-hammer which strikes the iron on the anvil first, if it be heavy work, but the hand-hamme...
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fore-hold
The part of the hold before the fore hatchway.
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fore-hoods
The foremost of the outside and inside planks of a vessel.
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fore-hooks
The same as breast-hooks (which see).
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fore-lightroom
See light-room.
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fore-magazine
See magazine.
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fore-mast
The forward lower-mast in all vessels. (See mast.)
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fore-ness
An old term for a promontory.
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fore-peak
The contracted part of a vessel's hold, close to the bow; close forward under the lower deck.
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fore-rake
That part of the hull which rakes beyond the fore-end of the keel.
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fore-ship
An archaic form of forecastle of a ship; it means the fore-part of a vessel.
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fore-shrouds
See shrouds.
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fore-staff
An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies. The fore-staff, call...
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fore-stage
The old name for forecastle.
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fore-tack
Weather tack of the fore-sail hauled to the fore-boomkin when on a wind.
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fore-tackle
A tackle on the fore-mast, similar to the main-tackle (which see). It is used for similar purposes, ...
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fore-thwart
The seat of the bowman in a boat.
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fore-yard
(See yard.)
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crowd sail, to
To carry an extraordinary press of canvas on a ship, as in pursuit of, or flight from, an enemy, &c....
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main-sail haul!
The order given to haul the after-yards round when the ship is nearly head to wind in tacking.
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make sail, to
To increase the quantity of sail already set, either by letting out reefs, or by setting additional ...
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middling a sail
Arranging it for bending to the yard.
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out-sail, to
To sail faster than another ship, or to make a particular voyage with greater despatch.
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press of sail
As much sail as the state of the wind, &c., will permit a ship to carry.
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pricking a sail
The running a middle seam between the two seams which unite every cloth of a sail to the next adjoin...
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sprit-sail yard
A yard slung across the bowsprit, lashed to the knight-heads, and used to spread the guys of the jib...
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sprit-sail yarding
A cruelty in which some fishermen wreak vengeance on sharks, dog-fish, &c., that encroach on their b...
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square main-sail
See main-sail.
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square-sail boom
A boom hooked on to an eye-bolt in the fore-part of the fore-mast of a fore-and-aft vessel, to boom ...
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studding-sail boom
A spar rigged out for the purpose of setting a studding-sail, and taking its name from the sail it b...
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studding-sail yard
The spar to which the head of the studding-sail is extended.
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top-sail haul!
or main-topsail haul!
When the main-sail is not set, this is the order given to haul the after-yar...
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Fore Old Jewry
By Aldgate (W. Stow, 1722, and Rev. of London, 1728).
See Jewry Street.
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Fore Street Avenue
North out of Fore Street at No. 72 (P.O. Directory), with a branch West to Moor Lane and east to Moo...
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fore-and-aft
From head to stern throughout the ship's whole length, or from end to end; it also implies in a line...
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fore-and-after
A cocked hat worn with the peak in front instead of athwart. Also, a very usual term for a schooner ...
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fore cat-harpings
See cat-harpings.
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fore-man afloat
The dockyard officer in charge of the shipwrights working on board a ship not in dock.
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fore-mast man
From "before the mast." A private seaman as distinguished from an officer of a ship.
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fore-reach, to
To shoot ahead, or go past another vessel, especially when going in stays: to sail faster, reach bey...
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fore-sheet horse
An iron bar fastened at its ends athwart the deck before the mast of a sloop, for the foresail-sheet...
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fore-sheet traveller
An iron ring which traverses along on the fore-sheet horse of a fore-and-aft rigged vessel.
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red sail-yard dockers
Buyers of stores stolen out of the royal yards and docks.
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bunt of a sail
The middle part of it, formed designedly into a bag or cavity, that the sail may gather more wind. I...
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depth of a sail
The extent of the square sails from the head-rope to the foot-rope, or the length of the after-leech...
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hullock of a sail
A small part lowered in a gale.
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lateen sail and yard
A long triangular sail, bent by its foremost leech to a lateen yard, which hoists obliquely to the m...
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point a sail, to
To affix points through the eyelet-holes of the reefs. (See points.)
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shoulder-of-mutton sail
A kind of triangular sail of peculiar form, used mostly in boats. It is very handy and safe, particu...
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skin of a sail
The outside part when a sail is furled. To furl in a clean skin, is the habit of a good seaman.
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sprit-sail sheet knot
May be crowned and walled, or double-walled, and is often used as a stopper-knot.
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fore-and-aft sails
Jibs, staysails, and gaff-sails; in fact, all sails which are not set to yards. They extend from the...
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goose-wings of a sail
The situation of a course when the buntlines and lee-clue are hauled up, and the weather-clue down. ...
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roll up a sail, to
To hand it quickly.
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fore-part of a ship
The bay, or all before the fore-hatches.
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fore-sheets of a boat
The inner part of the bows, opposite to stern-sheets, fitted with gratings on which the bowman stand...
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shoe of the fore-foot
See fore-foot, gripe, horse.
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stay-tackles, fore and main
Special movable purchases for hoisting in and out boats, anchors, &c. They plumb the fore and main h...
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Fore Side of St. Thomas Apostle
In Queen Street, Cheapside.
See Great St. Thomas Apostle.
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fore-ganger of the chain bower cables
Is a length of 15 fathoms of stouter chain, in consequence of greater wear and tear near the anchor,...
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haul aboard the fore and main tacks
This is to haul them forward, and down to the chess-trees on the weather-side.
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earing-cringle, at the head of a sail
In sail-making it is an eye spliced in the bolt-rope, to which the much smaller head-rope is attache...
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room. she lets out her fore room and lies backwards: saying of a woman suspected of prostitution.
Stealing poultry.
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