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Moonraker :: Moonraker (n.) Same as Moonsail.

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

Gripe :: Gripe (v. i.) To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing closehauled, requires constant labor at the helm..

Skeet :: Skeet (n.) A scoop with a long handle, used to wash the sides of a vessel, and formerly to wet the sails or deck..

Drop :: Drop (n.) The depth of a square sail; -- generally applied to the courses only.

Sail :: Sail (v. t.) To direct or manage the motion of, as a vessel; as, to sail one's own ship..

Clearance :: Clearance (n.) A certificate that a ship or vessel has been cleared at the customhouse; permission to sail.

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

Coaster :: Coaster (n.) A vessel employed in sailing along a coast, or engaged in the coasting trade..

Drogue :: Drogue (n.) See Drag, n., 6, and Drag sail, under Drag, n..

Impugn :: Impugn (v. t.) To attack by words or arguments; to contradict; to assail; to call in question; to make insinuations against; to gainsay; to oppose.

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

Foresail :: Foresail (n.) The gaff sail set on the foremast of a schooner.

Argonauta :: Argonauta (n.) A genus of Cephalopoda. The shell is called paper nautilus or paper sailor.

Spoon :: Spoom (v. i.) To be driven steadily and swiftly, as before a strong wind; to be driven before the wind without any sail, or with only a part of the sails spread; to scud under bare poles..

Water Sail :: Water sail () A small sail sometimes set under a studding sail or under a driver boom, and reaching nearly to the water..

Seaman :: Seaman (n.) One whose occupation is to assist in the management of ships at sea; a mariner; a sailor; -- applied both to officers and common mariners, but especially to the latter. Opposed to landman, or landsman..

Voyageable :: Voyageable (a.) That may be sailed over, as water or air; navigable..

Assail :: Assail (v. t.) To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery..

Canoe :: Canoe (n.) A light pleasure boat, especially designed for use by one who goes alone upon long excursions, including portage. It it propelled by a paddle, or by a small sail attached to a temporary mast..

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