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Sailing
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Sail>>. II. Sailing ·noun The art of managing a vessel; seamanship; navigation...

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sailing
The movement of a vessel by means of her sails along the surface of the water. Sailing, or the saili...

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Right
·adv Exactly; just. II. Right ·adv In a right manner. III. Right ·adj That which is right or corre...

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right
All right! A favourite expression among thieves, to signify that all is as they wish, or proper for ...

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right
As to direction, fully or directly; thus, right ahead, or right away, &c. ...

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current sailing
The method of determining the true motion of a ship, when, besides being acted upon by the wind, she...

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globular sailing
A general designation for all the methods on which the rules of computation are founded, on the hypo...

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mercator's sailing
Performed loxodromically, by means of Mercator's charts. ...

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oblique sailing
Is the reduction of the position of the ship from the various courses made good, oblique to the meri...

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parallel sailing
Sailing nearly on a given parallel of latitude. ...

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plane-sailing
That part of navigation which treats a ship's course as an angle, and the distance, difference of la...

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sailing captain
An officer in some navies, whose duties are similar to those of our masters in the royal navy. ...

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sailing directions
Works supplied by the admiralty to Her Majesty's ships, which advise the navigator as to the pilotag...

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sailing ice
A number of loose pieces floating at a sufficient distance from each other, for a ship to be able to...

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sailing large
With a quartering wind. (See large.) ...

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sailing orders
Written instructions for the performance of any proposed duty. ...

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thermometric sailing
A scheme for detecting the approach to shoal water by the diminution of temperature, and found to be...

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traverse sailing
Resolving a traverse is merely a general term for the determination of a single course equivalent to...

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windward sailing
, or turning to windward. That mode of navigating a ship in which she endeavours to gain a positio...

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wright's sailing
Synonymous with Mercator's sailing. ...

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Right whale
·- The bowhead, Arctic, or Greenland whale (Balaena mysticetus), from whose mouth the best whalebone...

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Right-about
·noun A turning directly about by the right, so as to face in the opposite direction; also, the quar...

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Right-angled
·adj Containing a right angle or right angles; as, a right-angled triangle. ...

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Right-hand
·adj Chiefly relied on; almost indispensable. II. Right-hand ·adj Situated or being on the right; n...

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Right-handed
·adj Using the right hand habitually, or more easily than the left. II. Right-handed ·adj Having th...

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Right-handedness
·noun The state or quality of being right-handed; hence, skill; dexterity. ...

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Right-hearted
·adj Having a right heart or disposition. ...

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Right-lined
·adj Formed by right lines; rectilineal; as, a right-lined angle. ...

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Right-minded
·adj Having a right or honest mind. ...

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Right-running
·adj Straight; direct. ...

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Balfour, Right Hon. Arthur James
P.C., LL.D., D.C.L., etc. (b. 1848) Statesman and philosophic writer. A Defence of Philosophic Dou...

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Bryce, Right Hon. James
P.C., D.C.L., etc. (b. 1838) Historical and political writer, etc. The Holy Roman Empire (1862), T...

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Gasquet, Right Rev. Francis Aidan
D.D. (b. 1846) Historical writer. Henry VIII. and the English Monasteries (1888-89), Edward VI. an...

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miner's right
n. the licence to dig for gold.See quotation. 1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `The Miner's Right,' p. 1: «...

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right away
Directly; immediately. ...

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right off
Directly; immediately. ...

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ascension right
See right ascension. ...

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right angle
An angle formed by a line rising or falling perpendicularly upon another, and measuring 90°, or the ...

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right ascension
An arc of the equator between the first point of Aries, and the hour circle which passes through any...

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right athwart
Square, or at right angles with the keel. ...

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right away!
It is a habit of seamen answering when a sail is discovered from the mast-head; "Right away on the b...

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right way
When the ship's head casts in the desired direction. Also, when she swings clear at single anchor. ...

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right whale
A name applied to the whale with a very large head and no dorsal fin, which yields the whalebone and...

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great-circle sailing
Is a method for determining a series of points in an arc of a great circle between two points on the...

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middle-latitude sailing
A method of converting departure in difference of longitude, and vice versâ, by using the middle lat...

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order of sailing
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sailing, order of
The general disposition of a fleet of ships when proceeding on a voyage or an expedition. It is gene...

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right-of-way
n. a lane. In England the wordindicates a legal right to use a particular passage. InAustralia it i...

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right-angled triangle
That which has one right angle. ...

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right-hand rope
That which is laid up and twisted with the sun, that is to the right hand; the term is opposed to wa...

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right the helm!
The order to put it amidships, that is, in a line with the keel. ...

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right on end
In a continuous line; as the masts should be. ...

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search, right of
See visitation and search. ...

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stand right under!
Jocularly, "Get out of the way." ...

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muzzle to the right!
, or muzzle to the left! The order given to trim the gun to the object. ...

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right up and down
Said in a dead calm, when the wind is no way at all. Or, in anchor work, when the cable is in that c...

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forming the order of sailing
See sailing, order of. ...

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