SAIL, SAILING
ADJECTIVES
– SAILRIFE abounding in sails …1513 obs.
– SAILWORTHY of the weather: admitting of the use of sails …c1595 obs. rare
– VELIFEROUS carrying sails …1656 obs.
– VELIFIC done with sails displayed or full spread …1727 obs.
– VELIFICAL done with sails displayed or full spread …1656 obs.
– VELIVOLANT running and flying with full sail …1656 obs.
NOUNS
– ANGEL’S FOOTSTOOL the highest sail of a full-rigged vessel …1883 Amer. jocular
– BAGGYWRINKLE in sailing: old pieces of line wrapped around stays and shrouds to prevent sail chafing …1908 Amer. sl.
– JIB-OF-JIBS an impossible sail …Bk1896 nautical sl.
– MAE WEST a large spinnaker …1961 Amer. nautical sl.
– MUSLIN 1822 nautical sl., rare – sailcloth; sails collectively
– NAVIGATION a passage or course by which one many sail …1633 obs. rare
– RIDE the act of sailing; a passage by water …Bk1904 Sc.
– VEIL a sail …c1430 obs.
– VELIFICATION a sailing forwards, or hoisting sail; a course or voyage …1656 obs.
– VENTAIL something acting as a sail or fan …a1529 obs.
– WHITE WINGS sails …1778
NOUNS, PERSON
1853 ► ICE-MASTER a pilot or sailing-master who has special experience in navigating vessels among ice-floes; a pilot or seaman of experience employed to assist in navigating through in the Arctic Ocean
1864 ► SAILS a ship’s sailmaker → nautical sl.
VERBS
– BUSK to cruise or sail about on the sea … 1747 obs. rare
– CLIMB THE WAVES to put out to sea …Bk1922
– FAFFLE of a sail: to flap idly in the wind …Bk1901 obs. or Eng. dial.
– RAMP to sail swiftly …1872
– SINGLE to sail …1584 obs. rare
– SULCATE to sail, to cleave the water …1577 obs.
– SULCK; SULK to sail, to cleave the water …1579 obs. rare
– VELIFICATE to sail …1623 obs.
– VENTEL to set sail …a1400 obs.
– WAFF to sail; to sail the seas …1611 obs.
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