Usually means: Sailing close-hauled with efficiency.
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  1. full and by: Merriam-Webster
  2. full and by: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. full and by: Collins English Dictionary
  4. full and by: Wordnik
  5. full and by: Wiktionary
  6. Full and by: Dictionary.com
  7. full and by: FreeDictionary.org
  8. Full and by: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  2. Full and By: Latitude Mexico

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Definitions from Wiktionary (full and by)

▸ adverb:  (nautical) Keeping the sails full and steering by the wind.

Similar:
sailingly, boatwise, close-hauled, steeringly, windwise, fore and aft, close to the wind, steerably, brimfully, full-handed, more...

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sailingly, boatwise, close-hauled, steeringly, windwise, fore and aft, close to the wind, steerably, brimfully, full-handed, more...



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