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Definition of Outsailing
1. outsail [v] - See also: outsail
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outsailing
Literary usage of Outsailing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Metropolitan (1839)
"The instant that the frigate put about, my English consorts crowded all sail,
with the evident desire of outsailing the suspected sloop, and I imitated ..."
2. The Lives of Eminent Philadelphians, Now Deceased by Henry Simpson (1859)
"... be an overmatch for ships-of-the-line, (whose lower ports must then be closed),
and in light winds could evade coming to action by outsailing them. ..."
3. The Lives of Eminent Philadelphians, Now Deceased by Henry Simpson (1859)
"... be an overmatch for ships-of-the-line, (whose lower ports must then be closed),
and in light winds could evade coming to action by outsailing them. ..."
4. The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents: Travels and Explorations of the by Reuben Gold Thwaites, Jesuits (1896)
"Afterwards, they continued to encounter other masses of ice, for a distance of
fifty leagues, which they had much difficulty in outsailing. ..."
5. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1867)
"Stark outsailing the enemy, took in her light sails, and as soon as the British
vessels came within gun shot, the ship was found to be a vessel mounting 28 ..."
6. A Naval History of the American Revolution by Gardner Weld Allen (1913)
"... we hope, of outsailing any of the enemies, it appears that you might venture
to call at Cape Henlopen or Cape May for intelligence, without incurring ..."
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