Definition of Outsailed

1. Verb. (past of outsail) ¹

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Definition of Outsailed

1. outsail [v] - See also: outsail

Lexicographical Neighbors of Outsailed

outrowing
outrows
outrun
outrung
outrunner
outrunners
outrunning
outruns
outrush
outrushed
outrushes
outrushing
outs
outsaid
outsail
outsailed (current term)
outsailing
outsails
outsang
outsat
outsave
outsaved
outsaves
outsaving
outsavor
outsavored
outsavoring
outsavors
outsaw
outsay

Literary usage of Outsailed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"By sheer size ana power this vessel outsailed " Britannia." She carried a main boom of 96 ft. long againat the " Britannia's" boom of 91 ft. ..."

2. Commodore John Rodgers: Captain, Commodore, and Senior Officer of the by Charles Oscar Paullin (1909)
"In the afternoon, however, the " President" outsailed her pursuers, ... On the morning of the twenty-third the "President," having outsailed the enemy's ..."

3. Official Letters of the Military and Naval Officers of the United States by John Brannan (1823)
"July 23d, was chased by a frigate ; fired 25 shot at us ; outsailed her. July 30th, chased by a frigate ; outsailed her. July 31st, took and burnt the ship ..."

4. Official Letters of the Military and Naval Officers of the United States by John Brannan (1823)
"July 23d, was chased by a frigate; fired 25 shot at us ; outsailed her. July 30th, chased by a frigate ; outsailed her. July 31st, took and burnt the ship ..."

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