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Definition of Outsails
1. outsail [v] - See also: outsail
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outsails
Literary usage of Outsails
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Private Diary of Richard, Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1862)
"New Year's Day—Exploring Charybdis—The French at Nava- rino—The Yacht outsails
HMS " Mastiff"—Advantages of being a Rich Jew—Arrival at Naples—The Minister ..."
2. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer, Alexander Pope (1806)
"... which signifies not only a ship that makes its first voyage, but a ship that
outsails other ships, as Eustathius observes. ..."
3. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1817)
"He rows it by one oar or paddle ; and is so very dexterous in managing it, that
he far outsails any boat with six oars—as this experiment was tried from the ..."
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