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Douse :: Douse (v. t.) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as, douse the topsail..

Attack :: Attack (v. t.) To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault..

Undersailed :: Undersailed (a.) Inadequately equipped with sails.

Trim :: Trim (v. t.) To adjust, as a ship, by arranging the cargo, or disposing the weight of persons or goods, so equally on each side of the center and at each end, that she shall sit well on the water and sail well; as, to trim a ship, or a boat..

Scouse :: Scouse (n.) A sailor's dish. Bread scouse contains no meat; lobscouse contains meat, etc. See Lobscouse..

Seafarer :: Seafarer (n.) One who follows the sea as a business; a mariner; a sailor.

Brail :: Brail (n.) Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling..

Sprite :: Sprit (v. i.) A small boom, pole, or spar, which crosses the sail of a boat diagonally from the mast to the upper aftmost corner, which it is used to extend and elevate..

Ahull :: Ahull (adv.) With the sails furled, and the helm lashed alee; -- applied to ships in a storm. See Hull, n..

Yachter :: Yachter (n.) One engaged in sailing a jacht.

Wing :: Wing (n.) Anything which agitates the air as a wing does, or which is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc..

Crank :: Crank (n.) Liable to careen or be overset, as a ship when she is too narrow, or has not sufficient ballast, or is loaded too high, to carry full sail..

Headsail :: Headsail (n.) Any sail set forward of the foremast.

Weatherly :: Weatherly (a.) Working, or able to sail, close to the wind; as, a weatherly ship..

Closehauled :: Closehauled (a.) Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; -- said of a sailing vessel.

Boltrope :: Boltrope (n.) A rope stitched to the edges of a sail to strengthen the sail.

Hull :: Hull (v. i.) To toss or drive on the water, like the hull of a ship without sails..

Argonaut :: Argonaut (n.) Any one of the legendary Greek heroes who sailed with Jason, in the Argo, in quest of the Golden Fleece..

Catamaran :: Catamaran (n.) Any vessel with twin hulls, whether propelled by sails or by steam; esp., one of a class of double-hulled pleasure boats remarkable for speed..

Trick :: Trick (a.) A turn; specifically, the spell of a sailor at the helm, -- usually two hours..

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