stun-sails

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• Stun

  ·noun The condition of being stunned. II. Stun ·vt To make senseless or dizzy by violence; to rende...

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• stun

  for stone, so pronounced in the back parts of New England. Captain Stone, I've been clean away amon...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• After-sails

  ·noun The sails on the mizzenmast, or on the stays between the mainmast and mizzenmast. ...

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• after-sails

  All those on the after-masts, as well as on the stays between the main and mizen masts. Their effect...

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• bermuda sails

  See 'mudian. ...

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• fighting-sails

  Those to which a ship is reduced when going into action; formerly implying the courses and top-sails...

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• full sails

  The sails well set, and filled by the wind. ...

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• head-sails

  A general name for all those sails which may be set on the fore-mast and bowsprit, jib, and flying j...

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• light sails

  All above the topgallant-sails; also the studding-sails and flying jib. Men-of-war carry topgallant-...

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• low sails

  The courses and close-reefed top-sails. ...

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• small sails

  Top-gallant-studding-sails and the kites. ...

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• spare sails

  An obvious term. They should be pointed before stowing them away in the sail-room. ...

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• square-sails

  Colloquially applied to the courses; but the term may be used for any four-cornered sail extended to...

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• studding-sails

  Fine-weather sails set outside the square-sails; the term "scudding-sails" was formerly used. ♦ To...

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• topgallant-sails

  The third sails above the decks: they are set above the topsail-yards, in the same manner as the top...

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• top-sails

  The second sails above the decks, extending across the top-masts, by the topsail-yards above, and by...

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• mend sails, to

  To loose and skin them afresh on the yards. ...

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• sails, to loose

  To unfurl them, and let them hang loose to dry; or the movement preparatory to "making sail." ♦ To...

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• suit of sails

  The whole of the sails required to be bent for a vessel. ...

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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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• hands reef top-sails!

  The order to reef by all hands, instead of the watch, or watch and idlers. ...

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• tan and tanned sails

  Those steeped in oak-bark. ...

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