After-sails | Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

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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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After
·adj Hinder; nearer the rear. II. After ·prep Below in rank; next to in order. III. After ·prep Be...

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after
A comparative adjective, applied to any object in the hind part of a ship or boat; as, the after-cab...

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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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stun-sails
A corruption of studding-sails (which see). ...

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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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After damp
·- An irrespirable gas, remaining after an explosion of fire damp in mines; choke damp. ·see Carboni...

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After-dinner
·noun The time just after dinner. II. After-dinner ·adj Following dinner; post-prandial; as, an aft...

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After-eatage
·noun <<Aftergrass>>. ...

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After-glow
·noun A glow of refulgence in the western sky after sunset. ...

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After-image
·noun The impression of a vivid sensation retained by the retina of the eye after the cause has been...

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After-mentioned
·adj Mentioned afterwards; as, persons after-mentioned (in a writing). ...

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After-note
·noun One of the small notes occur on the unaccented parts of the measure, taking their time from th...

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After-wit
·noun Wisdom or perception that comes after it can be of use. ...

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After-witted
·adj Characterized by after-wit; slow-witted. ...

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after-clap
A demand after the first given in has been discharged; a charge for pretended omissions; in short, a...

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after night
After nightfall; in the evening; as, "A meeting will be held in the court-house after night." This e...

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at-after
afterwards. North. ...

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after-body
That part of the ship's hull which is abaft the midships or dead-flat, as seen from astern. The term...

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after-clap
Whatever disagreeable occurrence takes place after the consequences of the cause were thought at an ...

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after-end
The stern of a ship, or anything in her which has that end towards the stern. ...

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after-face
See back of the post. ...

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after-guard
The men who are stationed on the quarter-deck and poop, to work the after-sails. It was generally co...

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after-ladder
leads to captain's and officers' quarters, and only used by officers. ...

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after-orders
Those which are given out after the regular issue of the daily orders. ...

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after-part
The locality towards the stern, from dead-flat; as, in the after-part of the fore-hold. ...

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after-peak
The contracted part of a vessel's hold, which lies in the run, or aftermost portion of the hold, in ...

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after-rake
That part of the hull which overhangs the after-end of keel. ...

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after-timbers
All those timbers abaft the midship section or bearing part of a vessel. ...

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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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to tag after
To follow closely after.--Forby. ...

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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-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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