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BRIGANTINE |
Sailing ship |
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WINDJAMMER |
Sailing ship |
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SLOOP |
Sailing ship |
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CUTTER |
Sailing ship |
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KETCH |
Sailing ship |
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GALLEON |
Large sailing ship |
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CARAVEL |
Fast sailing ship |
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CLIPPER |
Fast sailing ship |
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DHOW |
Arab sailing ship |
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FOIST |
A light and fast-sailing ship. |
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STAY |
Important rope on a sailing ship |
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SCHOONER |
Sailing ship with two or more masts |
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BECALM |
Cause a sailing ship to be motionless at sea |
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LUFF |
The act of sailing a ship close to the wind. |
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FIGUREHEAD |
A carved bust on the prow of an old sailing ship |
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FOUL |
To cover (a ship's bottom) with anything that impered its
sailing; as, a bottom fouled with barnacles. |
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TRIM |
The state of a ship or her cargo, ballast, masts, etc., by
which she is well prepared for sailing. |
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GRIPE |
To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when
sailing closehauled, requires constant labor at the helm. |
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CAREEN |
To incline to one side, or lie over, as a ship when
sailing on a wind; to be off the keel. |
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SAILER |
A ship or other vessel; -- with qualifying words
descriptive of speed or manner of sailing; as, a heavy sailer; a fast
sailer. |
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NAVIGATE |
To steer, direct, or manage in sailing; to conduct
(ships) upon the water by the art or skill of seamen; as, to navigate a
ship. |
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CHAPEL |
To cause (a ship taken aback in a light breeze) so to
turn or make a circuit as to recover, without bracing the yards, the
same tack on which she had been sailing. |