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(intransitive, nautical) Alternative form of about ship (“to tack through 180 degrees”) [(intransitive) Tack; to cause to turn into the wind and through the other side ending with a full 180 degree turn.]
adv
Alternative form of ahold [(nautical, obsolete) (of a ship) Brought to lie as near to the windward as it can to get out to sea, and thereby held steady.]
adv
(nautical) To the opposite tack: see go about.
v
(intransitive) Tack; to cause to turn into the wind and through the other side ending with a full 180 degree turn.
v
(by extension, transitive, obsolete) To sail along the coast or side of.
adv
(nautical, obsolete) (of a ship) Brought to lie as near to the windward as it can to get out to sea, and thereby held steady.
v
(nautical) To impact a stationary object.
v
(Britain, nautical) To remove water from a boat with buckets etc.
v
(nautical) To steer away from the wind
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(nautical) To approach nearer to (a ship).
v
(nautical) To stand further off from (a ship)
v
(nautical) To sail close to the wind.
n
(nautical) The ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade.
v
(transitive, nautical) To capture an enemy ship by going alongside and grappling her, then invading her with a boarding party
v
(nautical, intransitive, of a submerged submarine, torpedo, or similar) To break the surface of the water.
n
A delirium occurring from such symptoms, in which a stricken sailor pictures the sea as grassy meadows and wishes to dive overboard into them.
n
(nautical) The position of a ship laid on one side.
n
(nautical) The expense of careening a ship.
n
Obsolete form of careenage. [(nautical) A beach with a steep, sandy shoreline on which a ship may be careened.]
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(nautical) To change course or heading.
v
(nautical, transitive) To cause (a ship taken aback in a light breeze) to turn or make a circuit so as to recover, without bracing the yards, the same tack on which she had been sailing.
v
(nautical) To sail on a close reach
adj
(nautical) Sailing close to the wind
n
(nautical) A risky maneuver whereby a sail-boat tacks (turns into and through the wind) by dropping one of the front anchors, the intent being to turn the boat in a tighter space than would be possible using the rudder and sails alone, especially when difficult conditions such as light winds or heavy swell make tacking more difficult than usual.
v
(intransitive, idiomatic, nautical) To stop a sailing vessel, especially by turning into the wind. See also come about.
v
(transitive) To direct a ship; to superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer (especially through a channel, etc, rather than steer a compass direction).
n
(nautical) The action of deliberately flooding spaces on one side (of a ship, boat, or other vessel) in order to counterbalance flooding occurring on the opposite side and keep the vessel on an even keel.
v
(nautical, of a square-rigged ship, transitive) To carry excessive sail in the hope of moving faster.
v
(nautical) To make the water foam in moving; in allusion to the ripple which a ship throws off from her bows.
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(nautical) To let out (a reefed sail) to increase the area it exposes to the wind.
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(nautical) The length of time that a ship's rations will supply
v
(nautical) To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing.
v
(transitive, nautical) To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.
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(nautical, intransitive) To shoot ahead, especially when going in stays.
v
(transitive) To stay beforehand; secure or fasten with or as with a forestay.
n
The act by which a vessel founders.
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(nautical) To haul in; to take up.
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(nautical) To sail seemingly without wind.
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(transitive, nautical, obsolete) To ram with a ship.
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(nautical) To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing close-hauled, requires constant labour at the helm.
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(intransitive, nautical) (sailing) To cause (one's vessel) to become dead in the water by pointing the bows directly towards the wind.
v
Alternative spelling of keelhaul [(transitive, nautical) To punish by dragging under the keel of a ship.]
v
(transitive, nautical) To punish by dragging under the keel of a ship.
n
The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. (Compare: to splash a ship.)
v
(nautical) To sail towards or to arrive at (a destination).
v
(nautical) To turn towards the wind so that the boat stops; to remain stationary in open water or to lie to.
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(nautical, of a ship) To have the sails arranged so as to counteract each other.
v
(transitive, nautical) To lift or carry anything along the deck; to help in hauling along.
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(nautical, of a vessel) To progress through the water.
v
(nautical) To become caught in irons when changing tack.
adj
To the side of a boat, opposite the primary side on which one paddles.
v
(nautical) To sail closer to the wind than (another ship).
adj
(nautical) Outside of a boat; in the water.
v
(yachting, boat racing): to sail to the mark at a wider angle than is the normal upwind angle, to go beyond the layline
v
(UK, nautical) To salute a distinguished visitor arriving on a warship by playing the boatswain's pipe.
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(intransitive, nautical) To sail close to the wind.
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(intransitive, nautical) To change direction.
v
(transitive) To make into a raft.
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To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near.
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(transitive, nautical) To equip and fit (a ship) with sails, shrouds, and yards.
n
Ellipsis of sail-by salute. [(nautical) A close passage by a nautical vessel to a fixed point (on shore), to "salute" the location or persons assembled at the location.]
v
(idiomatic) To behave in a manner that is on the verge of being dangerous, improper or illegal
v
(nautical) To sail as close to the wind as possible.
v
(obsolete, nautical, idiomatic) To deceive or intentionally mystify.
n
Ellipsis of sail-by salute. [(nautical) A close passage by a nautical vessel to a fixed point (on shore), to "salute" the location or persons assembled at the location.]
n
Ellipsis of sail-by salute. [(nautical) A close passage by a nautical vessel to a fixed point (on shore), to "salute" the location or persons assembled at the location.]
v
(intransitive, obsolete, of a ship) To roll on the waves in a storm.
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(nautical) To have a large wave wash over one's vessel.
n
(by extension) Things which have no significant connection or commonality.
v
(nautical, transitive) To reduce (sail) by taking it in.
n
(nautical) A sloping surface, leading down to the shore or to a river, on which ships are built, repaired or stored and from which they are launched.
v
(intransitive, nautical) Of a ship or its captain, to steer, sail (in a specified direction, for a specified destination etc.).
v
(nautical) To continue following the same course.
v
(nautical) To sail in a direction away from shore.
v
(nautical) To travel alongside.
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(nautical, of a ship, boat, or other vessel) To remain in port for a prolonged period of time without sailing.
n
(figuratively, usually attributively) Items that have arrived over the transom.
n
(nautical) The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound course.
adv
(nautical) With sails well trimmed.
v
(nautical) To adjust a ship's sails to make the best of wind conditions.
v
(nautical, military, of ships in a line of battle) To change course simultaneously, without waiting to reach the turning point of the leading ship.
v
(obsolete, nautical) To let out (a sail-line), to allow (a sheet) to run out.
n
(nautical, uncountable) Speed, progress, momentum.
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