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BECALM Deprive a vessel of wind
WEATHERBOARD That side of a vessel which is toward the wind; the windward side.
CAST To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh.
JAM To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.
BLANKET To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of her.
ENLARGE To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; -- said of the wind.
STAY To tack, as a vessel, so that the other side of the vessel shall be presented to the wind.
AGITATE To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.
DRIFT The distance to which a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes.
CLOSEHAULED Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; -- said of a sailing vessel.
SAILING 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.
JIBE To shift, as the boom of a fore-and-aft sail, from one side of a vessel to the other when the wind is aft or on the quarter. See Gybe.
LUFF To turn the head of a vessel toward the wind; to sail nearer the wind; to turn the tiller so as to make the vessel sail nearer the wind.
LEE Of or pertaining to the part or side opposite to that against which the wind blows; -- opposed to weather; as, the lee side or lee rail of a vessel.
LOOF Formerly, some appurtenance of a vessel which was used in changing her course; -- probably a large paddle put over the lee bow to help bring her head nearer to the wind.
EMPTY To deprive of the contents; to exhaust; to make void or destitute; to make vacant; to pour out; to discharge; as, to empty a vessel; to empty a well or a cistern.
WIND-RODE Caused to ride or drive by the wind in opposition to the course of the tide; -- said of a vessel lying at anchor, with wind and tide opposed to each other.
BOXHAUL To put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her short round on her heel; -- so called from the circumstance of bracing the head yards abox (i. e., sharp aback, on the wind).
GYBE To shift from one side of a vessel to the other; -- said of the boom of a fore-and-aft sail when the vessel is steered off the wind until the sail fills on the opposite side.
SEA The swell of the ocean or other body of water in a high wind; motion of the water's surface; also, a single wave; a billow; as, there was a high sea after the storm; the vessel shipped a sea.
GAUGE Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind; as, a vessel has the weather gauge of another when on the windward side o...
MOVE To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to st...
TACK The direction of a vessel in regard to the trim of her sails; as, the starboard tack, or port tack; -- the former when she is closehauled with ...
WEAR To cause to go about, as a vessel, by putting the helm up, instead of alee as in tacking, so that the vessel's bow is turned away from, and her...
CLUBHAUL To put on the other tack by dropping the lee anchor as soon as the wind is out of the sails (which brings the vessel's head to the wind), and b...
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