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Sailing   /sˈeɪlɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Sail  v. t.  
1.
To pass or move upon, as in a ship, by means of sails; hence, to move or journey upon (the water) by means of steam or other force. "A thousand ships were manned to sail the sea."
2.
To fly through; to glide or move smoothly through. "Sublime she sails The aerial space, and mounts the wingèd gales."
3.
To direct or manage the motion of, as a vessel; as, to sail one's own ship.


Sail  v. i.  (past & past part. sailed; pres. part. sailing)  
1.
To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by the action of steam or other power.
2.
To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a water fowl.
3.
To be conveyed in a vessel on water; to pass by water; as, they sailed from London to Canton.
4.
To set sail; to begin a voyage.
5.
To move smoothly through the air; to glide through the air without apparent exertion, as a bird. "As is a winged messenger of heaven,... When he bestrides the lazy pacing clouds, And sails upon the bosom of the air."


noun
Sailing  n.  
1.
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.
2.
(Naut.) The art of managing a vessel; seamanship; navigation; as, globular sailing; oblique sailing. Note: For the several methods of sailing, see under Circular, Globular, Oblique, Parallel, etc.
Sailing master (U. S. Navy), formerly, a warrant officer, ranking next below a lieutenant, whose duties were to navigate the vessel; and under the direction of the executive officer, to attend to the stowage of the hold, to the cables, rigging, etc. The grade was merged in that of master in 1862.





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"Sailing" Quotes from Famous Books



... that his wooing was not to be all "plain sailing." When Henriette's parents heard of it, they affected to be horrified at the danger in which their beloved daughter was placed. They summoned her home from the perils of Court and a King's passion; and when Henri sent an envoy ...
— Love affairs of the Courts of Europe • Thornton Hall
... through the sharp flints, she showed in a thousand ways how high the gaiety of her animal spirits had mounted. She sang airy little pieces of songs. She uttered single clear notes. She mocked, with a ludicrously feminine croak, the hoarse voice of a crow sailing over them. She rallied Bennington mercilessly on his corduroys, his yellow flapped pistol holster, his laced boots. She went over in ridiculous pantomime the scene of the mock lynching, until Bennington rolled in his saddle with light-hearted laughter, and wondered ...
— The Claim Jumpers • Stewart Edward White
... we have just recorded delayed the sailing of the fleet until the end of June, at which time it left the port of Rochelle, but did not arrive at Quebec until the close of September. The season was then too far advanced to ascend the river to ...
— The Life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois • Anon.
... floating lotos-eaters, have ever a touch of the fine old Ulyssean vagrancy. Now and then there stands out before the breeze and the sunlight a great canvassed ship, like some living thing fluttering and glowing and careering under their thrilling touch. And sometimes a fleet of sailing-yachts, more beautiful and swift than sea-gulls, will ...
— Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 • Various
... Kronborg soon disappeared in the murky atmosphere, as well as the tower of Helsinborg, which raises its head on the Swedish Bank. And here the schooner began to feel in earnest the breezes of the Kattegat. The Valkyrie was swift enough, but with all sailing boats there is the same uncertainty. Her cargo was coal, furniture, pottery, woolen clothing, and a load of corn. As usual, the crew was small, five Danes doing the whole of ...
— A Journey to the Centre of the Earth • Jules Verne


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