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Circumnavigator :: Circumnavigator (n.) One who sails round.

Bowline :: Bowline (n.) A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails, by subordinate ropes, called bridles, and used to keep the weather edge of the sail tight forward, when the ship is closehauled..

Spritsail :: Spritsail (n.) A sail extended by a sprit.

Tenable :: Tenable (a.) Capable of being held, naintained, or defended, as against an assailant or objector, or againts attempts to take or process; as, a tenable fortress, a tenable argument..

Call :: Call (n.) A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate, to summon the sailors to duty..

Clipper :: Clipper (n.) A vessel with a sharp bow, built and rigged for fast sailing..

Resail :: Resail (v. t. & i.) To sail again; also, to sail back, as to a former port..

Tattoo :: Tattoo (n.) An indelible mark or figure made by puncturing the skin and introducing some pigment into the punctures; -- a mode of ornamentation practiced by various barbarous races, both in ancient and modern times, and also by some among civilized nations, especially by sailors..

Full-sailed :: Full-sailed (a.) Having all its sails set,; hence, without restriction or reservation..

Pungy :: Pungy (n.) A small sloop or shallop, or a large boat with sails..

Prick :: Prick (n.) To run a middle seam through, as the cloth of a sail..

Dromon :: Dromon () In the Middle Ages, a large, fast-sailing galley, or cutter; a large, swift war vessel..

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

Gasket :: Gasket (n.) A line or band used to lash a furled sail securely. Sea gaskets are common lines; harbor gaskets are plaited and decorated lines or bands. Called also casket.

Trim :: Trim (v. t.) To arrange in due order for sailing; as, to trim the sails..

Offend :: Offend (v. t.) To strike against; to attack; to assail.

Sail :: Sail (n.) Anything resembling a sail, or regarded as a sail..

Assaulter :: Assaulter (n.) One who assaults, or violently attacks; an assailant..

Ship-rigged :: Ship-rigged (a.) Rigged like a ship, that is, having three masts, each with square sails..

Blackstrap :: Blackstrap (n.) Bad port wine; any common wine of the Mediterranean; -- so called by sailors.

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