2. Verb. (third-person singular of sail) ¹
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Definition of Sails
1. sail [v] - See also: sail
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sails
Literary usage of Sails
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"The relative importance of particular sails in the working of a ship varies
according to conditions of weather, and is a matter for the judgment of the ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1887)
"It seems to be taken sometimes for the sails." It is hardly necessary to say that
the shrouds have nothing whatever to do with the sails. ..."
3. Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana (1897)
"and, coming on deck, we saw two sails coming round the point. One was a large
ship under top-gallant sails, and the other a small brig. ..."
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