SPage 22
- English Word Sail Definition To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by the action of steam or other power.
- English Word Sail Definition To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a water fowl.
- English Word Sail Definition To be conveyed in a vessel on water; to pass by water; as, they sailed from London to Canton.
- English Word Sail Definition To set sail; to begin a voyage.
- English Word Sail Definition To move smoothly through the air; to glide through the air without apparent exertion, as a bird.
- English Word Sail Definition To pass or move upon, as in a ship, by means of sails; hence, to move or journey upon (the water) by means of steam or other force.
- English Word Sail Definition To fly through; to glide or move smoothly through.
- English Word Sail Definition To direct or manage the motion of, as a vessel; as, to sail one's own ship.
- English Word Sailable Definition Capable of being sailed over; navigable; as, a sailable river.
- English Word Sailboat Definition A boat propelled by a sail or sails.
- English Word Sailcloth Definition Duck or canvas used in making sails.
- English Word Sailed Definition of Sail
- English Word Sailer Definition A sailor.
- English Word Sailer Definition A ship or other vessel; -- with qualifying words descriptive of speed or manner of sailing; as, a heavy sailer; a fast sailer.
- English Word Sailfish Definition The banner fish, or spikefish (Histiophorus.)
- English Word Sailfish Definition The basking, or liver, shark.
- English Word Sailfish Definition The quillback.
- English Word Sailing Definition of Sail
- English Word Sailing Definition The act of one who, or that which, sails; the motion of a vessel on water, impelled by wind or steam; the act of starting on a voyage.
- English Word Sailing Definition The art of managing a vessel; seamanship; navigation; as, globular sailing; oblique sailing.