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Sail
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
(2):
(n.) To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a water fowl.
(3):
(n.) An extent of canvas or other fabric by means of which the wind is made serviceable as a power for propelling vessels through the water.
(4):
(n.) Anything resembling a sail, or regarded as a sail.
(5):
(n.) A wing; a van.
(6):
(n.) The extended surface of the arm of a windmill.
(7):
(n.) To set sail; to begin a voyage.
(8):
(n.) A passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon the water.
(9):
(n.) To move smoothly through the air; to glide through the air without apparent exertion, as a bird.
(10):
(n.) 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.
(11):
(v. t.) 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.
(12):
(n.) To be conveyed in a vessel on water; to pass by water; as, they sailed from London to Canton.
(13):
(v. t.) To fly through; to glide or move smoothly through.
(14):
(v. t.) To direct or manage the motion of, as a vessel; as, to sail one's own ship.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sail'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/sail.html. 1828.
