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Wassail :: Wassail (n.) The liquor used for a wassail; esp., a beverage formerly much used in England at Christmas and other festivals, made of ale (or wine) flavored with spices, sugar, toast, roasted apples, etc.; -- called also lamb's wool..

Goosewinged :: Goosewinged (a.) Said of a fore-and-aft rigged vessel with foresail set on one side and mainsail on the other; wing and wing.

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

Flanker :: Flanker (n.) One who, or that which, flanks, as a skirmisher or a body of troops sent out upon the flanks of an army toguard a line of march, or a fort projecting so as to command the side of an assailing body..

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

Drag :: Drag (v. t.) 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 effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel. See Citation under Drag, v. i., 3..

Wung-out :: Wung-out (a.) Having the sails set in the manner called wing-and-wing.

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..

Tabling :: Tabling (n.) A broad hem on the edge of a sail.

Gaydiang :: Gaydiang (n.) A vessel of Anam, with two or three masts, lofty triangular sails, and in construction somewhat resembling a Chinese junk..

Fore-topsail :: Fore-topsail (n.) See Sail.

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

Trim :: Trim (n.) The state of a ship or her cargo, ballast, masts, etc., by which she is well prepared for sailing..

Reef :: Reef (v. t.) That part of a sail which is taken in or let out by means of the reef points, in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind..

Hank :: Hank (n.) A ring or eye of rope, wood, or iron, attached to the edge of a sail and running on a stay..

Sailfish :: Sailfish (n.) The basking, or liver, shark..

Water Dog :: Water dog () A sailor, esp. an old sailor; an old salt..

Salute :: Salute (v.) A token of respect or honor for some distinguished or official personage, for a foreign vessel or flag, or for some festival or event, as by presenting arms, by a discharge of cannon, volleys of small arms, dipping the colors or the topsails, etc..

Range :: Range (n.) To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near; as, to range the coast..

Woohoo :: Woohoo (n.) The sailfish.

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