Rating | Solver | Clue |
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KNOT | Ship speed | |
SAILER | A ship or other vessel; -- with qualifying words descriptive of speed or manner of sailing; as, a heavy sailer; a fast sailer. | |
RHYSIMETER | An instrument, acting on the principle of Pitot's tube, for measuring the velocity of a fluid current, the speed of a ship, etc. | |
LOG | Hence: The record of the rate of ship's speed or of her daily progress; also, the full nautical record of a ship's cruise or voyage; a log slate; a log book. | |
DRAG | The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive... |