Noun
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the act of sailing close to the wind
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sailing the departure of a vessel from a port
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(nautical) the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail that is next to the mast
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edge a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object; "he rounded the edges of the box"
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fore-and-aft sail any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft direction
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Verb
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sail close to the wind
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sail traverse or travel on (a body of water); "We sailed the Atlantic"; "He sailed the Pacific all alone"
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pilotage,
piloting,
navigation the occupation of a pilot
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flap when the wind is blowing equally on both sides; "the sails luffed"
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undulate,
wave,
flap,
roll increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves; "The singer's voice undulated"
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