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Pocket :: Pocket (n.) A strip of canvas, sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace..

Goosewing :: Goosewing (n.) One of the clews or lower corners of a course or a topsail when the middle part or the rest of the sail is furled.

Boating :: Boating (n.) The act or practice of rowing or sailing, esp. as an amusement; carriage in boats..

Sea Captain :: Sea captain () The captain of a vessel that sails upon the sea.

Boom :: Boom (n.) A long pole or spar, run out for the purpose of extending the bottom of a particular sail; as, the jib boom, the studding-sail boom, etc..

Windbound :: Windbound (a.) prevented from sailing, by a contrary wind. See Weatherbound..

Repel :: Repel (v. t.) To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant..

Clearer :: Clearer (n.) A tool of which the hemp for lines and twines, used by sailmakers, is finished..

Vulnerable :: Vulnerable (a.) Liable to injury; subject to be affected injuriously; assailable; as, a vulnerable reputation..

Shipmate :: Shipmate (n.) One who serves on board of the same ship with another; a fellow sailor.

Settee :: Settee (n.) A vessel with a very long, sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails, -- used in the Mediterranean..

Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To lower; to let or take down; to remove; as, to strike sail; to strike a flag or an ensign, as in token of surrender; to strike a yard or a topmast in a gale; to strike a tent; to strike the centering of an arch..

Race :: Race (n.) Hence: The act or process of running in competition; a contest of speed in any way, as in running, riding, driving, skating, rowing, sailing; in the plural, usually, a meeting for contests in the running of horses; as, he attended the races..

Yard :: Yard (v. i.) A long piece of timber, nearly cylindrical, tapering toward the ends, and designed to support and extend a square sail. A yard is usually hung by the center to the mast. See Illust. of Ship..

Sail :: Sail (n.) To move smoothly through the air; to glide through the air without apparent exertion, as a bird..

Aeronautical :: Aeronautical (a.) Pertaining to aeronautics, or aerial sailing..

Portage :: Portage (n.) A sailor's wages when in port.

Southwestern :: Southwestern (a.) Of or pertaining to the southwest; southwesterly; as, to sail a southwestern course..

Ramble :: Ramble (v. i.) To walk, ride, or sail, from place to place, without any determinate object in view; to roam carelessly or irregularly; to rove; to wander; as, to ramble about the city; to ramble over the world..

Ribbon :: Ribbon (n.) A narrow strip or shred; as, a steel or magnesium ribbon; sails torn to ribbons..

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